As Enforcement Falls Short, Many Worry That Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules In 2021, New Mexico adopted regulations that were viewed as a model for reducing methane emissions from the flaring and venting of natural gas. But on the ground, watchdogs say they don’t see much of a change in oil and gas companies’ practices. By Martha Pskowski
Amid Drought, Wealthy Homeowners in New Mexico are Getting a Tax Break to Water Their Lawns By Wyatt Myskow
Why Won’t the Environmental Protection Agency Fine New Mexico’s Greenhouse Gas Leakers? By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
New Mexico Wants it ‘Both Ways,’ Insisting on Environmental Regulations While Benefiting from Oil and Gas By Isabel Koyama, Sarah Suwalsky, Jimmy Cloutier and Zach Van Arsdale
New Mexico Could Be the Fourth State to Add a Green Amendment to Its Constitution, But Time Is Short By Aydali Campa
Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move? By Marianne Lavelle
Climate Change Ravaged the West With Heat and Drought Last Year; Many Fear 2021 Will Be Worse By Judy Fahys
Super-Polluting Methane Emissions Twice Federal Estimates in Permian Basin, Study Finds By Phil McKenna