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A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Dems win land commissioner race, all other statewide offices

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | November 7, 2018

Democrats will control not just the governor’s office and all of the executive agencies, but also independent state agencies that oversee everything from state funds to state lands. Continue Reading

Permian Basin

As oil and gas exports surge, West Texas becomes the world’s ‘extraction colony’

By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune, and Jamie Smith Hopkins and Rachel Levin, the Center for Public Integrity | October 17, 2018

An unprecedented drilling boom in the Permian Basin is great for business. But it’s polluting the air, overwhelming communities and threatening the planet. Continue Reading

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

The country’s busiest oil and gas office has a plan for more drilling

By Tay Wiles, High Country News | September 21, 2018

Southern New Mexico offers a testing ground for Trump’s vision for energy dominance. Continue Reading

Wind turbines on state trust land.

Land commissioner candidates offer differing visions for solar and wind power

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

National trends show solar and wind on the rise. Continue Reading

Money

Industry showers campaign funds on Lyons, who may be their future landlord

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

The campaign accounts of state land commissioner candidates Pat Lyons, a Republican, and Stephanie Garcia Richard, a Democrat, tell remarkably different stories. Continue Reading

Aubrey Dunn

Dunn doesn’t believe land commissioner candidates will hold oil and gas accountable

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | September 19, 2018

Of those running to replace him, he says, ‘To be honest with you, I’m not happy with either candidate.’ Continue Reading

A gas well in Rio Arriba County

Oil Conservation Commission will take up well density issue this fall

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | September 15, 2018

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission delayed a decision to approve an energy company’s request to increase well density in two northern New Mexico counties. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

NM, other states see energy boom along with economic expansion

By Tim Henderson, Stateline | September 13, 2018

An oil and gas bonanza in Southwestern states may be helping to drive the continuing national economic boom. Continue Reading

A gas well in Rio Arriba County

State will consider boosting gas well density in northern NM

By Laura Paskus, New Mexico Political Report | September 12, 2018

At its meeting on Thursday, the New Mexico Oil Conservation Committee will hear from an energy company that wants to double the density of gas wells in northwestern New Mexico. Continue Reading

Los Alamos National Laboratory

NM senators speak out over order they say would hamper Nuclear Safety Board

By Rebecca Moss, The Santa Fe New Mexican | August 31, 2018

They want Congress to suspend a move that would limit access to information about facilities and could hinder the panel’s ability to oversee worker health and safety. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Analysts predict big state budget surplus, urge caution

By Matthew Reichbach, New Mexico Political Report | August 23, 2018

Revenues from booming oil and gas activity will lead to $1.17 billion in new money for the next fiscal year, analysts estimate. Continue Reading

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Trump administration neuters nuclear safety board

By Rebecca Moss, The Santa Fe New Mexican | July 23, 2018

Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. Continue Reading

A statue outside the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.

Oil and gas, environmentalists square off over next governor

By Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico In Depth | June 14, 2018

U.S. Reps. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Steve Pearce will bring a fight over regulating methane home during this year’s gubernatorial election. Continue Reading

Arizona utility chooses solar, pushing Navajo Generating Station closer to closure

By Jessica Kutz, High Country News | June 11, 2018

The generating station supplies over 700 jobs, 90 percent of which are held by citizens of the Navajo Nation. Continue Reading

Los Alamos National Laboratory

New contractor hired to run LANL includes same manager that was effectively fired

By Rebecca Moss, The Santa Fe New Mexican | June 9, 2018

The University of California is still there, even after mismanagement caused it to lose its contract to run the lab — twice. Continue Reading

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