Gas and Oil

With Promises of Money, Controversial Gas Pipeline on Navajo Nation Passes First Hurdle

Pipeline would cross 234 miles of tribal land in New Mexico and Arizona. Committee hearing schedule catches community group off…

April 30, 2026

Opinion

New Mexico deserves a future beyond fossil fuels

Our most vulnerable communities and ecosystems, who’ve paid the highest price for extraction, deserve a say in their future.

April 29, 2026

Local News

Enterprise plans 18-mile pipeline replacement after 92,000-gallon gasoline spill

La Plata County commissioners criticize lack of public outreach

April 28, 2026

New Mexico

Federal regulatory staff protest proposed New Mexico pipeline for data center

Staff says the developers’ application was incomplete

April 20, 2026

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

April 17, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico environment board updates air quality permit fees

Fees haven’t been raised for about 20 years

April 13, 2026

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…

April 13, 2026

AP New Mexico

Tribal gas stations offer a reprieve from high prices during Iran war

Gas prices nationwide now average of $4.15 a gallon

April 13, 2026

New Mexico

New Mexico commission to consider new oil and gas cleanup rules

An oil well pumps during a snowstorm in northwest New Mexico. Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main The New Mexico Oil Conservation…

April 6, 2026

New Mexico

Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico

Suit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells…

April 6, 2026

New Mexico sees largest gas price jump in Southwest prompting lawmaker demand for federal response

Nationally, prices have surged 27% in the last four weeks

March 26, 2026

Conservation groups sue New Mexico over unplugged oil and gas wells

Suit accuses N.M. Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department of endangering residents’ health

March 10, 2026

Texas energy company seeks federal approval for pipeline through New Mexico to power data center

Southern N.M. lawmakers, environmentalists plan to fight proposal

March 5, 2026

Associated Press New Mexico

Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block…

February 23, 2026

N.M. AG raises questions about $400M stock sale in proposed PNM acquisition

Environmental advocates call on utility regulators to shoot down the $11.5 billion deal

February 23, 2026

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health

The evidence says otherwise

February 13, 2026

New Mexico Senate rejects bill to codify state’s emissions goals

Seven Democratic lawmakers side with Republicans to squash Clear Horizons Act

February 12, 2026

Green or not, U.S. energy future depends on Native nations

Native lands contain 30% of the nation’s coal, 50% of its uranium and 20% of its natural gas

February 11, 2026

Yes, the energy is transition is coming – but ‘probably not’ in our lifetime

An interview with the president of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association

January 27, 2026

‘A fraudulent scheme’

New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from their leaking wells

January 26, 2026

N.M. launches statewide energy transition forums

Farmington meeting on Feb. 11 will focus on grid resilience and buildout

January 15, 2026

Former energy regulator announces bid for New Mexico governor

The Republican said he wants to promote electric rate affordability

January 7, 2026

Trump’s push to make oil drilling cheap again squeezes some states more than others

Pump jacks operate in the Permian Basin east of Carlsbad, New Mexico on Tuesday, May 20. Susan Montoya Bryan/AP File…

December 17, 2025

New documentary film highlights pollution from oil and gas industry in New Mexico

‘The Land of Sacrifice’ examines production in the Permian and San Juan basins

December 15, 2025