Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, after her agency spent many months hosting public meetings and talking with Native American leaders about curbing the pace of oil …

New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — Members of the Navajo community have complained to Samuel Sage for years about the noise and vibrations that rattle their homes. They tell him about the dust kicked up by heavy trucks traveling the …

New Mexico imposes oil and gas moratorium on state land near schools By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press COUNSELOR, N.M. (AP) — Members of the Navajo community have complained to Samuel Sage for years about the noise and vibrations that rattle their homes. They tell him about the dust kicked up by heavy trucks traveling the …

Saudi Arabia is slashing oil supply By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Saudi Arabia will reduce how much oil it sends to the global economy, taking a unilateral step to prop up the sagging price of crude after two previous cuts to supply by major producing countries in the OPEC+ alliance failed to push oil higher. …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — More than 200 inactive oil and natural gas wells in New Mexico have been plugged as land managers have tried to crack down on producers as part of an accountability and enforcement program in one of the top producing states in the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The State Land Office estimates it has saved taxpayers at …

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new National Academy of Science study says that 13 years after a massive BP oil spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some troublesome safety issues persist. Tuesday’s report says that federal inspectors are relatively powerless over contractors on …

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Joe Biden’s agenda to address climate change. The legislation would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other projects. It would boost production …

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sign of a deepening rift among Democrats on energy issues, conservative Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not move forward on President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee oil and gas leasing at the Interior Department. Manchin, of West Virginia, chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and has …

EDC of Lea County celebrates 60 years Jennifer Grassham/EDC president It was the year the computer mouse, push-button telephone, and cassette tapes arrived on the scene. The US Postal Service announced ZIP codes, The Avengers comic was first published, and a new car company, Lamborghini, was founded and debuted its first prototype 350 GTV automobile.   1963 was also the …

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The doors of a metal box slide open, and a drone rises over a gas well in Pennsylvania. Its mission: To find leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, so that energy companies can plug the leaks and reduce the emissions that pollute the air. The drone is among an …