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New Mexico governor says no to high-level nuclear waste

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s governor said Friday she’s opposed to plans by a New Jersey-based company to build a multibillion-dollar facility in her state to temporarily store spent nuclear f...

DATE: Jun 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. land managers shift position on Chaco protection bill

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. land managers are open to legislation that would limit federal leases for oil and natural gas development near a national park in New Mexico held sacred by Native American...

DATE: Jun 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wet winter bounty helps to erase drought in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The snow is melting, New Mexico’s rivers are flowing and the clouds are building more regularly, bringing with them much needed doses of rain as the arid state tries to shake w...

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Lawsuit claims oil boom imperils national park in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Environmentalists say U.S. land managers violated environmental laws and their own regulations when issuing dozens of leases to drill in one of the nation’s busiest oilfields. ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

U.S. officials to put off oil leases near Chaco Culture National Historical Park

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Hi...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. officials to put off oil leases near sacred tribal land

ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has agreed to put off oil and gas leasing for a year on land that Native Americans consider sacred surrounding Chaco Culture National Hi...

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Endangered Mexican wolves blamed for more livestock kills

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Mexican gray wolves have been blamed for killing nearly as many cows and calves in the first four months of 2019 as they did all of last year. Federal wildlife man...

DATE: May 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico forest restoration faces challenge

ALBUQUERQUE – A proposed effort to restore a wide swath of national forest land in southern New Mexico over the next decade or two is drawing fire from environmentalists who say the U.S. gov...

DATE: May 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

New Mexico land boss concerned about border wall work

ALBUQUERQUE – The head of one of New Mexico’s most powerful statewide offices is raising concerns about the lack of an environmental review as the U.S. government prepares to replace fencing...

DATE: May 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility says it will be emissions-free by 2040

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider set a goal Monday aimed at going emissions-free as early as 2040, winning praise from the state’s top Democratic leaders and environmenta...

DATE: Apr 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boy Scout ranch focuses on wildfire recovery

ALBUQUERQUE – Tucked away in the foothills of the southern Rockies, the Philmont Scout Ranch has become a holy grail, its stretches of untamed wilderness and challenging backcountry treks dr...

DATE: Apr 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Regional News

More Mexican gray wolves roaming Southwest, researchers say

ALBUQUERQUE – More Mexican gray wolves are roaming the American Southwest now than at any time since federal biologists began reintroducing the predators more than two decades ago, the U.S. ...

DATE: Apr 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life