State agencies begin distributing energy transition funds
Funding goal is to keep displaced workers in New Mexico
Environment
Community solar organizations are now able to enroll subscribers
Residents can begin enrolling through approved developers
Commissioner recuses himself from PNM rate case
Decision based on previous work with PNM
PNM takes steps to demolish the San Juan Generating Station
Demolition expected to wrap up in 2025
Energy transition proposal may not qualify for funding
Program at San Juan College School of Energy would certify “clean” fossil fuels
Long-term economic outlook envisions oil and gas funding dropping
Global transition to electric vehicles may play a part
NMED continues focus on hydrogen
Three of five New Mexico proposed hydrogen projects are located in San Juan County
San Juan Generating Station to be discussed at PRC’s first closed-door meeting under new policy
A few weeks after commission’s transparency is questioned, officials revise Open Meetings Act policy
Senator says New Mexico eligible for $25M to plug, clean up abandoned oil wells
Steve Labowskie walks around a Red Mesa Holdings well in 2018. A downturn in energy prices starting back in 2008 has led energy companies to orphan thousands of wells across…
Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel extraction
Proposed pipeline could become one of the longest in the country
Religious freedom vs. ‘gray water.’ AP explains ruling favoring Amish families who shun septic tanks
This April 10, 2002 photo shows Amish buggies of the Swartzentrubers Amish sect parked outside the Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, courthouse. A state appeals court says members of a deeply conservative Amish…
Navajo witnesses clash over government’s Chaco Canyon mining ban
Nygren argues the ban violates the tribe's sovereignty
Oil and gas withdrawal around US park stirs debate over economic costs for Native American tribe
Tourist Chris Farthing, from Suffolks County, England, takes a picture of Anasazi ruins in Chaco Culture National Historical Park on Aug. 10, 2005, in New Mexico. Some Republican members of…
Here’s how geothermal energy heats and cools a home
A drill rig sits outside a home during installation of a geothermal heat pump system in White Plains, N.Y., on May 8. A water-filled loop runs several hundred feet deep…
Navajo president presses Congress for more time, money, for water project
Project will supply water to 43 Navajo chapters
Aztec mayor calls public meeting on utility rate increase
Padilla sought to clarify reasons behind increases
Feds shoot down mining company’s ask to loosen cleanup standards at toxic uranium mine site
Environmental groups said they were surprised by the ruling, but expect the fight to continue over site in Cibola County.
Parched in ‘Podunk,’ New Mexico
Timberon has water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink (or flush). Blame the pipes.
Conservation groups, federal lawmakers seek to end use of ‘cyanide bombs’ on public lands
Owner of dog killed by cyanide bomb advocating for ban
Special master supports Texas v. New Mexico agreement
Agreement reached between states deemed permissible