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Wind farm agreement highlights New Mexico businesses, labor

ALBUQUERQUE – The state attorney general’s office and advocacy groups have brokered an agreement with a utility that is planning to build a massive wind farm near the Texas-New Mexico border...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Shutdown starts at New Mexico coal-fired power plant serving Southwest

Second unit at San Juan Generating Station will be closed over the weekend

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New Mexico oil and gas companies sign on to reduce emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – Some of the biggest names in energy production in New Mexico have signed on to a national effort within the oil and gas industry to curb methane emissions as pressure mounts fo...

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

A year after girl killed, Navajo Nation to get alert system

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More than a year after a Native American girl was killed and her tribe was criticized for not having an alert system in place when children go missing, the Navajo Nation ...

DATE: Dec 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2018 plan for Mexican wolves calls for fostering of pups

ALBUQUERQUE â€“ Federal wildlife officials have a plan for fostering as many as a dozen captive Mexican gray wolf pups with packs in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico in 2018. Th...

DATE: Dec 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

U.S. adopts recovery plan for Mexican wolves in the Southwest

ALBUQUERQUE – After decades of legal challenges and political battles that have pitted states against the federal government, U.S. wildlife managers on Wednesday finally adopted a plan to gu...

DATE: Nov 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Tribal leaders take aim at oil and gas development

BERNALILLO, N.M. – Native American activists and tribal leaders from around New Mexico are joining the chorus of environmentalists who have been fighting for years to stop oil and gas develo...

DATE: Nov 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Tribal leaders take aim at oil and gas

‘The land is our Bible. Once it is gone, you cannot print another copy’

DATE: Nov 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico county weighs rules for oil and gas drilling

BERNALILLO, N.M. – Elected leaders in one New Mexico county are considering an ordinance that would guide energy development across a large swath of land that borders the state’s largest met...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico man indicted in shooting rampage

A man accused of killing five people in a June shooting rampage in New Mexico has been indicted on first-degree murder and numerous other charges. First Judicial District Attorney...

DATE: Nov 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Parties pledge new thinking to solve interstate water fight

ALBUQUERQUE – Farmers in southern New Mexico, water policy experts, lawyers and others are all working behind the scenes to craft possible solutions that could help to end a lengthy battle w...

DATE: Nov 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Environmentalists target methane emissions in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico are higher than what state and federal regulators have measured and the failure to capture the pollution is ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News