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New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney touted the state’s efforts to curb emissions from oil and gas during the first-ever White House Methane Summit this week in Washington D.C. During the event, federal officials announced the creation of a new White House Methane Task Force. They also spoke about the need to drastically reduce […]
The Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reached an agreement that sets in motion a timetable for issuing decisions on protections for dozens of species, including one that resides in New Mexico. This agreement comes following a lawsuit the Center for Biological Diversity brought against the federal agency regarding 31 […]
Oil and gas companies will pay more to drill on public lands managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management under a new proposed rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The proposed rule updates bonding requirements, royalty rates and minimum bids for leasing lands for extraction. “This proposal to update BLM’s […]
After decades of litigation, officials are set to sign a settlement agreement in the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo water rights case regarding the Rio Chama. The agreement does not settle all of the issues that the Pueblo has brought forward, but it does settle the Ohkay Owingeh’s claims on the Rio Chama, Nat Chakeres, general counsel […]
After a wet start of the year, drought conditions are returning to New Mexico. A seasonal outlook from the National Integrated Drought Information System indicates that the drought conditions will likely develop over most of the state and the drought conditions that currently exist in portions of the state will persist over the next three […]