Environment

Supreme Court bars states from protecting consumers if federal agencies won’t

Decision in Monsanto case will effectively block tens of thousands of other lawsuits

July 2, 2026

U.S. Interior’s reduced oil and gas bonding proposal draws rebuke from New Mexico conservationists

An oil well pumps during a snowstorm in northwest New Mexico. Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main, File The U.S. Department of…

June 24, 2026

Opinion

Paving paradise: Dismantling the U.S. Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America

A brown bear fishes for salmon in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska. AP File Photo Pause for a…

June 15, 2026

New Mexico

Tree deaths in New Mexico tripled in 2025 as warming summers increases insects, stress on forests

Forests impacted by drought and heat increased 66%

June 15, 2026

New Mexico

Top N.M. environmental official warns of possible federal retaliation in regulatory clashes

An undated photo capturing the Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos National Labratory, with the Rio Grande valley and the Sangre…

June 11, 2026

New Mexico

U.S. Sen. Heinrich decries committee’s ‘backdoor’ vote to repeal ‘Roadless Rule’ in national forests

Heinrich’s office says 99% of comments have opposed the rule’s rescission

June 11, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico county adopts yearlong data center moratorium

Socorro County vote follows months of forceful opposition from local ranchers, environmentalists

June 10, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico governor appoints infrastructure adviser as Office of Natural Resources Trustee

The office is the state’s watchdog body

June 8, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico has unusually active start to wildfire season

State Forestry statistics show relatively few acres burned so far in 2026

June 2, 2026

Associated Press

SEC moves to repeal climate-disclosure rule for companies

The rule required companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and climate risk

June 1, 2026

AP New Mexico

U.S. Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande

Settlement calls for reducing groundwater pumping and retiring some farmland water rights

May 28, 2026

New Mexico

Uranium company’s finalized N.M. plan includes treating, dumping water into nearby river

Diné activist says Energy Fuels doesn’t understand Mount Taylor’s sacredness

May 27, 2026

New Mexico

Study finds fewer – but more destructive – fires in the West

Lightning-caused wildfires are destroying 84% more land than before

May 27, 2026

New Mexico

U.S. Rep. Vasquez calls for New Mexico county to approve data center moratorium

U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.), pictured at a June 17, 2025, news conference opposing GOP efforts to sell off public…

May 26, 2026

New Mexico

Bugging out: New Mexico insects face significant declines

Researchers call for dedicated funding and conservation for pollinators and other species

May 26, 2026

New Mexico

Greater Chaco landscape named one of America’s most endangered historic places

Area vulnerable to industrial development

May 22, 2026

Associated Press

Postal Service releases special edition bald eagle stamps for America’s 250th

The bald eagle has been a national emblem since Congress adopted the Great Seal in 1782

May 20, 2026

New Mexico

U.S. Senate confirms former N.M. GOP congressman Pearce to lead federal land management agency

Pearce to oversee 245 million acres of public lands

May 19, 2026

Associated Press

Scientists find climate change is reducing oxygen in rivers worldwide

Oxygen levels in could fall so low that more dead zones appear

May 18, 2026

New Mexico

N.M. congressional delegation urges renewed public opposition to looming ‘Roadless Rule’ repeal

Release of draft proposal to happen ‘any day now,’ opponents say

May 14, 2026

New Mexico

Water board advances petition for new rules on New Mexico’s oil and gas wastewater

Environmental groups decry board’s decision

May 13, 2026

New Mexico

BLM fast-tracks ‘Green Chile’ pipeline construction review for N.M. data center Project Jupiter

BLM cites emergency permitting powers to circumvent lengthy review

May 8, 2026

Associated Press

Did you find an animal nesting near your house?

Here's what to do

May 6, 2026

Associated Press

Mexico City is sinking so quickly, it can be seen from space

The Mexican capital was built atop an ancient lake bed

May 1, 2026