We are depleting the Rio Grande Basin faster and faster every year, the groundwater 15 times faster than the river waters, reports the first comprehensive study of consumption in the whole Rio Grande/Bravo Basin system.
The New Mexico Gas Company, the natural gas company which services Truth or Consequences, has asked the state's Public Regulatory Commission for permission to be sold. If the sale is approved, it will transfer ownership from a Canadian energy company to an American equity firm.
A second election-code violation within a week on behalf of a Republican candidate.
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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