by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | May 12, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, ALL NEWS, Anti-Industry Politics, Federal Issues, Infrastructure, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Power The Future (May 11, 2021) – Americans are starting to feel the effects of the attack on the Colonial Pipeline, the country’s largest fuel pipeline. It was forced to shut down late Friday following a cyberattack by ransomware. The 5,500 mile pipeline...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | May 12, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Endangered Plants, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) May 12, 2021 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will take a closer look at two rare plants found only in northwestern New Mexico to see if they warrant protection under the federal Endangered Species Act as environmentalists push to stop oil...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | May 6, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations, State Issues
IPANM (May. 6, 2021) – – The following statement has been released by Jim Winchester, Executive Director of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico regarding the New Mexico Environment Department’s May 6, 2021 filing of a new Methane Rule...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Apr 20, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
IPANM (April 19, 2021) – IPANM submitted comments to the Department of the Interior calling for end of the current federal leasing moratorium that is already impacting drilling activity in New Mexico. In the comment letter, IPANM Executive Director Jim...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Apr 16, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Federal Issues, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Associated Press (April 16, 2021) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a series of Trump administration orders that promoted fossil fuel development on public lands and waters, and issued a separate directive that prioritizes climate change in agency...