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The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico.Plus, New Mexico's attorney general and its Environment Department filed suit Thursday against the manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals," commonly referred to as PFAS, seeking monetary damages to defray the costs of environmental monitoring and cleanups that they say are inevitable.