Two clean water bills working their way through the Legislature would significantly expand the state’s ability to protect state waters from pollution.

Energy infrastructure and economic opportunities were the focus of an Oct. 15 committee meeting held at Central New Mexico Community College. Jason Espinoza, executive director of New Mexico IDEA, and Elisha Saavedra, director of customer marketing and economic development at the Public Service Company of New Mexico, led the committee meeting. Titled Preparing New Mexico… Read more: Energy needs take center stage in committee meeting

Want to know what advocates are hoping to see in the upcoming session of the New Mexico State Legislature? Joe Thompson looks at some green legislation that may get lawmaker attention.

The petrochemical industry has deformed the landscape in the Permian Basin.

When Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took office, she promised to cut greenhouse gases and embrace clean energy – a radical objective, considering that the state relies on the oil and gas industry revenue. Four years later, oil and gas exert enormous influence and Lujan Grisham has been named in a lawsuit, accused of failing to protect citizens’ rights to a clean environment.

By Alyssa Buchanan

The Bernalillo County Animal Shelter is desperate for help. With overcrowding at the shelter they are hoping to host more adoption events as an effort to find these pets a new home.

By Alicia Inez Guzman/Searchlight NM

A unique NM coalition is battling the project to prevent widespread harm — and deja vu.

By Lindsay Fendt/Searchlight NM

Efforts to limit the amount of nuclear waste in New Mexico took a major step forward Wednesday as lawmakers introduced a bill that would essentially ban the storage of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in New Mexico.

By Aldo Jurado, Andres Torres, Brigid Driscoll, Joaquin Gonzalez, Joey Wagner, Lara Sullivan, Taylor Gibson

New Mexico produces more oil and gas than all states except Texas. So how does its Democratic governor and state legislature plan to address the climate change crisis? Our team of student reporters went in search of answers.

Beeps and honks fill the air as curious bystanders ready their cameras and furiously click click away to capture the commotion. This isn’t Albuquerque at rush hour, it’s Bosque del Apache during the festival of Cranes.