Stuff you need to know, September 17, 2024: As New Mexico shakes, state cancels dozens of planned wastewater injection sites

Chain link fence with warning signs of danger and the presence of poisonous gas.
Republication of article by "Capital & Main" in New Mexico Political Report, September 12, 2024. Its topic is the wastewater produced in fracking for gas and oil operations in New Mexico: its toxicity, the earthquakes produced by its injection into the ground, and the proposal to reuse it.
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New abortion clinic in Las Cruces expected to provide more abortion training

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One of the consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision is the lack of abortion care training for medical residents training to become OB-GYN doctors in states where abortion care is banned. This is a republication of an article by Susan Dunlap in New Mexico Political Report, September 11,2024.
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New Mexico AG seeks contempt hearing, adds landowners to streams access suit

Barbed wire fence across the Pecos River
Attorneys for the state say that landowners are refusing to comply with a 2022 NM Supreme Court ruling allowing public access to rivers and streams. Republication of article by Danielle Prokop, of Source NM, September 6, 2024.
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