Western states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024
Officials plan to back off water cuts, but long-term problems remain
Environment
Funding available for tribes to combat climate-related crises
Funding is made available through President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda
Aztec plans $9 million solar and storage project
The 2-megawatt project is expected to provide energy resiliency and consistency for residents
NM’s environment secretary participates in White House Methane Summit
Topic of discussion included the need to drastically reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industries
Electricity rates could spike for a quarter of the state in 2024
During a four-hour long public comment period, one person spoke up against the proposed PNM price hike
Anthropogenic Climate change
Recently we have had several articles in the Record in which the authors refer to human-caused or anthropogenic climate change. This is a common term used by environmental groups and…
How New Mexico’s Carbon Emissions Compare to Other States
Carbon emissions in New Mexico increased by 1.5%
Mis-reality of hydrogen on the Navajo Nation
After a century of a fossil fuel-based economy, the Navajo Nation is shifting to a non-carbon energy economy. The capital from the extractive industry made multinational corporations enormously wealthy. Still,…
Federal regulators approve new rules to ease power connection backlogs
New rules are intended to reform how power generation projects get connected to the electric grid
Snapping turtles in Farmington Lake?
City says ‘No’
4 Corners Economic Development holds annual meeting
Hiring of new CEO is number one priority
Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to issue listing decisions for dozens of species
Lawsuit determined organization violated time requirement in listing decisions
After being priced out of Durango, cycling legend takes homeownership into his own hands
Robert ‘Bicycle Bob’ Gregorio building eco-friendly dream home brick-by-brick in Aztec
Report: State added 13,000 clean-energy jobs in past year, 7th best in U.S.
Jobs are in battery and electric vehicle manufacturing
ICAST aids Aztec with solar project
Goal is to go 100% clean energy
Utilities say advanced preparation has helped keep lights on during heat wave
Outages this summer generally have not been related to heat
Wetlands in the San Juan
Recent Supreme Court decisions create increased uncertainty for long-term protection of wetlands
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo reaches key milestone in water rights dispute
Federal case dates back to 1969
Three-state Rio Grande dispute moves closer to resolution
New Mexico, Colorado must meet certain delivery obligation
Big fight for a little bird
Pygmy-owl gets threatened species status