New Mexico
N.M. Project Jupiter data center developers announce new plans for generating power
Critics say proposed emissions still ‘incredibly high’
Environment
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How New Mexico is ‘building a forest’ by solving a seedling shortage
An interview with the director of the New Mexico Reforestation Center
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One year in, new N.M. militarized border zone overwhelming courts, ACLU says
ACLU says Congress needs to intervene to prevent further ‘overreach’
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Project Jupiter data center developers rename company after Pueblo of Acoma criticism
The company is now Yucca Growth Infrastructure instead of Acoma LLC
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Federal regulatory staff protest proposed New Mexico pipeline for data center
Staff says the developers’ application was incomplete
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New Mexico environment officials adopt rules for firefighting foams containing PFAS
New Mexico becomes first state to classify fire-fighting foam as hazardous waste
Associated Press
The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
Chevron, previously ordered to pay $740 million, gets a new day in court
New Mexico
Coalition grows in opposition to northern N.M. uranium mine proposal
Canadian company plans to dig up to 12,500-feet-deep boreholes to explore the area’s potential
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Following season of low snowpack, experts say Middle Rio Grande is in trouble
About 70% of the state is now in severe or extreme drought conditions
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New Mexico environmental groups seek federal regulators to deny pipeline for Project Jupiter
A map of the proposed pipeline Energy Transfer submitted in its January 2026 application to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Via FERC Several New Mexico environmental groups on Monday…
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Forest Service shake-up will boost states’ role – but even supporters have concerns
The moves are expected to affect about 5,000 employees
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N.M. State Land Office announces 60,000 acres of state trust land protected from development
The conservation easement curtails developments for the next 75 years
Associated Press
Years of drought has major energy port of Corpus Christi, Texas, wrestling with water crisis
Gavino Rivera talks about the decline of the Hillcrest neighborhood Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, as he gathers scrap metal near a Citgo oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas. Jon Shapley/Houston…
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State advises caution following reports of aggressive wildlife
Wild animals reported engaging with people in the Gila Wilderness
Associated Press
Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
A sea anemone sits beside a patch of eelgrass in San Diego's Mission Bay, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Annika Hammerschlag/AP Photo SAN DIEGO – Evolution works over millennia. Climate change…
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New Mexico officials, tribal leaders vow to oppose slate of federal actions on public lands
Acoma governor said the pueblo submitted more than 400 public opposing the end of a ban on oil and gas drilling near Chaco Canyon
Associated Press
It’s OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)
Bees and other pollinators help nearly 80% of flowering plants produce fruit and seeds
New Mexico
Federal reversal on Pecos mining protections prompts outcry from federal officials, advocates
Over the objections of local and federal officials, two federal agencies on April 6, 2026, officially announced the reversal of a mining ban on nearly 165,000 federal acres in the…
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New Mexico begins review of threatened and endangered species
Current list includes 114 species, including the Gila monster, Gila trout and Bald Eagle
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N.M. Attorney General leads multi-state coalition in U.S. Supreme Court pesticide, weedkiller case
AG Raúl Torrez asks SCOTUS to uphold court ruling that gave $1.25M to Roundup user