DeSmog
Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry
The plan could allow as many as 3,650 new oil and gas wells in areas near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and surrounding Navajo communities.
Mar 30, 2021 @ 16:13
An Ensign Energy drilling rig in Eddy County, New Mexico. May 27, 2020. Credit: ©2020 Justin Hamel
By Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main.
This story originally appeared in Capital and Main and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.
For nine years, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has wrangled through an update to oil and gas permitting procedures for the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico. The update was sparked by decades old changes in drilling technology already used in an area that gained notoriety for having one of the largest methane hot spots on the planet because of leaking oil and gas wells.
Feds move forward with New Mexico drilling plan despite community outcry
nmpoliticalreport.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nmpoliticalreport.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Feds Move Forward with New Mexico Drilling Plan Despite Community Outcry
capitalandmain.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from capitalandmain.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Deb Haaland makes history as first Native American Cabinet secretary after Senate confirmation
msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.