by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Jan 24, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Hydraulic Fracturing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Forbes (January 24, 2021) – Officials in the state of New Mexico professed to be taken aback last week by President Joe Biden’s day-one decision to impose a 60-day moratorium on all oil and gas-related leasing and permitting actions on federal lands. It is a...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 22, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, Legal Matters, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
IPANM (Jan. 21, 2021) – On the second day of the Biden administration, the Interior Department has issued a temporary order that takes leasing & permitting decisions away from local BLM offices across the country. The move effectively halts all leasing and...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Jan 9, 2021 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Federal Issues, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access), Northwest Region, Rules & Regulations, Southeast Region, State Issues
The Center Square (January 8, 2021) – Tougher restrictions on oil and gas development on federal lands in New Mexico potentially stand in the way of the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, an industry group warns. Jim Winchester,...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Dec 10, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
Courtesy Innovex Downhole Solutions & Alex Epstein (Dec. 9, 2020) – A letter written by Innovex Downhole Solutions CEO Adam Anderson to the CEO of The North Face perfectly summarizes how corporate sanctimony fails to consider the moral case for the oil &...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Nov 16, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Hydraulic Fracturing, ISSUES, News (Public Access)
Albuquerque Journal (November 16, 2020) – If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we shouldn’t take good things for granted. And so while we appropriately focus most of our attention on COVID-19, we should also make sure that we don’t lose sight of how...
by Kacy Brown, IPANM Operations Director | Oct 28, 2020 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Elections, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations
The Center Square (October 28,2020) – Both Republicans and Democrats are pushing back on comments Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made about “transitioning away” from the oil industry. At the presidential debate Thursday night, Biden said, “I would...
