155 Views An effort to modernize state oversight of the oil and gas industry cleared its first hurdle on Thursday. The bill would rewrite portions of the state’s Oil and Gas Act in order to help regulators keep pace with the industry’s growth in recent years, as well as increasingly
149 Views CURRY COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – Curry County announced that two locations will have electric chargers for the public starting in March. In partnership with Xcel Energy, the charging stations will be in the parking lot at 801 Main Street and the parking lot at the intersection of 7th and
153 Views WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a rule proposed Friday by the Biden administration.
193 Views Supporters say New Mexico is losing out on a clean, zero emissions form of energy that sits in the ground in abundance. A state committee has spent over a year looking into the feasibility of using geothermal energy as an electric and heat source.
223 Views ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Rio Grande through the metro might catch your eye in the coming days with higher water levels that are expected to continue increasing. Stored water is now being released from Cochiti and Abiquiu reservoirs, and it’s a lot more than usual.
325 Views Las Cruces, NM – On this edition of PUENTES a la comunidad, bridges to the community, host Emily Guerra spoke with The Wilderness Society New Mexico State Director, Michael Casaus, about the proposed upgrades to the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Onshore Oil & Gas Leasing Rule to
303 Views This story is part of Shaky Ground, a collaborative reporting project between the Carlsbad Current-Argus and KRWG Public Media. The Permian Basin has seen an increase in seismic activity tied to produced water injections by the oil and gas industry, but it is not the first place to
338 Views NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A group of powerful state lawmakers met to talk about the future of the lower Rio Grande as New Mexico’s decade long lawsuit with Texas might come to an end. Right now, the river’s running twice as deep as usual here.
360 Views The New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee (ONRT) released the final Natural Resource Restoration Plan # 2 for the 2015 Gold King Mine Release. The final restoration plan commits funding for 10 natural resource restoration projects using $12 million recovered from the United States Environmental Protection Agency
330 Views US greenlights major transmission line for renewable energy in Western states ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West.
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