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Land commissioner should back measures to end natural gas waste
COMMENTARY: We’re deeply troubled by New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn’s recent opposition to commonsense rules that would cut natural gas waste in New Mexico. Courtesy photoRock Ulibarri...
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Is Sunland Park the border’s Flint, Michigan?
SUNLAND PARK — Paloma Rodriguez and Frank Hernandez were not shocked to hear about excessive levels of arsenic that were found in the water supply of their community. Operators of the Carousel...
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Despite attacks, I’m doubling down on my opposition to BLM’s proposed rules
COMMENTARY: Since my announcement in April in opposition to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s proposed venting and flaring rules on oil and gas producers, I have not surprisingly become the target...
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Opportunity knocks for NM schools by reducing natural gas waste
Editor’s note: This column was originally published in the Albuquerque Journal. Before former N.M. Land Commissioner Ray Powell sent it to NMPolitics.net for publication, we received and published a...
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Proposed BLM venting and flaring rule will damage NM’s economy
Editor’s note: This column follows another commentary on the subject by former N.M. Land Commissioner Ray Powell. Aubrey Blair Dunn wrote it after ProgressNow New Mexico and the Western Environmental...
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Public lands should be places that welcome and reflect all Americans
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, which are protected in a national monument created by President Barack Obama. COMMENTARY: President Obama’s recent visit to...
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Following wife’s death, Anapra resident worries about kids who drink tap water
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netRamon Sierra sits at his dining room table in Sunland Park and reads from his wife’s death certificate. Maria Sierra died on June 2 at age 63. She suffered from ailments...
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Border utility finds itself in hot water
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netRamon Sierra, a resident of the Anapra neighborhood in Sunland Park, is among those pushing for better communication and improvements to the region’s water system. “It...
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Costs outweigh benefits of removing carbon from the atmosphere
COMMENTARY: In the Land of Enchantment, government mandates require that 15.7 percent of electricity must come from wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy by 2021. The state is already half...
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Texas gets boost in water fight with New Mexico
Ivan Pierre Aguirre / The Texas TribuneThe Rio Grande at the New Mexico-Texas border on Monday, December 9, 2013 in El Paso. If New Mexico wasn’t already sweating in its longstanding tug-of-war with...
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Report details failures of utility serving Sunland Park, Santa Teresa
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netA water treatment plant operated by the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, which has been plagued by problems, sits atop a dusty hill in Sunland Park, within site...
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As Rio Grande crisis deepens, study suggests management innovations
Heath Haussamen / NMPolitics.netThe Rio Grande, shown in north Las Cruces in the fall of 2014, after the water had dried up for the year. The Rio Grande remains mired in crisis. During a time when the...
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Q&A: Land Commissioner Dunn has his own proposal to fund early childhood...
New Mexico Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn has a new idea for funding an expansion of early childhood programs in New Mexico. Courtesy photoAubrey Dunn Dunn wants the federal government to transfer...
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The chile capital’s long road back from Little Katrina
Courtesy photoAn aerial photo taken of Hatch during the flooding on Aug. 15, 2006. Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series. Hatch, N.M. — At first, Melva Aguirre didn’t take the...
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El Paso Electric’s renewable energy scam
COMMENTARY: Ignore all the noise you hear about renewable energy being expensive. The most efficient new natural gas power plant costs 7.5 cents a kWh over its lifetime. Solar power generators...
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Gimme a break! IRS tax loophole can reward excessive water use in...
ProPublica’s reporting on the water crisis in the American West has highlighted any number of confounding contradictions worsening the problem: Farmers are encouraged to waste water so as to protect...
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Hatch works to improve infrastructure before the next destructive weather event
Courtesy photoAn aerial photo taken of Hatch during the flood of August 2006. Editor’s Note: North America has been pummeled this year by climate disasters — megafires, “fire tornadoes,” and scorched...
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Faith leaders call on oil and gas to drop opposition to venting and flaring...
COMMENTARY: Dozens of western faith leaders and socially responsible investment firms recently joined together in a letter calling on oil and gas lobby groups to drop their opposition to Bureau of Land...
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Public Lands of Enchantment
COMMENTARY: Our land is an integral part of who we are as New Mexicans. The Land of Enchantment is home to many national forests, parks, monuments, wildlife refuges, and other public lands. These are...
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Despite NM’s high hopes, Martinez continues to let the public down
COMMENTARY: Government should keep our workers, communities and environment safe. But under Gov. Martinez’s watch that hasn’t been the case. Courtesy photoMolly Sanders Did you know that the Martinez...
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