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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

New Mexico regulators report drop in methane emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico have dropped by more than 50 percent over the past year thanks to advances in technology and changes in the ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Federal judge sides with New Mexico ranchers in water case

ALBUQUERQUE – A U.S. court has sided with a New Mexico ranching family in a decades-long battle over access to water on national forest land, providing more certainty that state law allows f...

DATE: Nov 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

N.M. regulators report drop in methane emissions

ALBUQUERQUE – Methane emissions from oil and natural gas production in New Mexico have dropped by more than 50 percent over the past year thanks to advances in technology and changes in the ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico utility seeks electricity options other than coal

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s largest electric provider on Monday put out a request for proposals for hundreds of megawatts of power to fill a future void as the utility plans ahead for weaning...

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Hispanic ranchers dealt blow in lengthy battle over grazing

ALBUQUERQUE – A group of Hispanic ranchers has been dealt a blow in their years-long feud with the federal government over grazing rights on land in New Mexico that has been used by their fa...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News