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An oil drilling rig just south of Carlsbad in 2019. The Biden administration has paused all new oil and gas leasing on federal lands as the Interior Department analyzes the program’s impact on the environment. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. As a public comment period on the federal mineral leasing program draws to a close today, environmental and Indigenous groups in New Mexico’s oil and gas-producing communities are seeking a complete overhaul of the system.
Julia Bernal, a Sandia Pueblo member and Pueblo Action Alliance director, said during a panel discussion Wednesday that previous administrations had “gone off the rails” in leasing on culturally significant areas near Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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Some consider sacred the area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
Apr 15th, 2021
In this April 24, 2015 file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Environmentalists and Native American activists say the Biden administration s review of the federal oil and gas leasing program should result in more protections for an area of northwestern New Mexico that s considered sacred. They have cited concerns about air pollution from venting and flaring at natural gas collection and processing sites, wastewater leaks and unchecked development in southeastern New Mexico s share of the Permian Basin.
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April 14, 2021
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1of3FILE - In this April 24, 2015 file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Environmentalists and Native American activists say the Biden administration s review of the federal oil and gas leasing program should result in more protections for an area of northwestern New Mexico that s considered sacred. They have cited concerns about air pollution from venting and flaring at natural gas collection and processing sites, wastewater leaks and unchecked development in southeastern New Mexico s share of the Permian Basin.Charlie Riedel/APShow MoreShow Less