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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced approximately $51 million in funding for water projects on Tuesday. That includes more than $5 million for projects in New Mexico.“Adequate, resilient and safe water supplies are fundamental to the health, economy and security of every community in our nation,” Secretary Deb Haaland said in a press release. […]
A transmission project that would move electricity from Hidalgo County to Arizona was recently selected for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Transmission Facilitation Program. The Southline Transmission Project was one of three that entered into contract negotiations with the DOE in late October. This program includes the DOE agreeing to purchase a percentage of the […]
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board are hearing arguments for and against Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks standards this week. These standards are based on California regulations and New Mexico is limited by federal law on which areas of California’s regulations it can change if it chooses […]
Groundwater levels in Albuquerque are rising at the same time as water sources across much of the West are depleting. New research from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) indicates water levels in the aquifer beneath Albuquerque have reached the highest levels recorded since the USGS began mapping groundwater in the area in 2002. The trend […]
BOARDMAN — The Port of Morrow reached a deal to provide almost $2 million to support safe drinking water efforts in the Boardman area and will pay a fine of