by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 25, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Administrative Authority, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, Financial Assurance, ISSUES, Methane, News (Public Access), Setbacks, Spill Rule
Rio Grande Sun (January 25, 2024) – Editorial Submitted By Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and her political appointees in the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department announced last summer...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 20, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations, Setbacks
IPANM (October 10, 2023) – Recent efforts by activist groups pushing state regulators to increase arbitrary setbacks through new statewide regulations in New Mexico are based on falsehoods and debunked studies. Additional recent media reporting in New Mexico has...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jan 18, 2024 | A FEATURED STORY, Administrative Authority, Air Quality, Anti-Industry Politics, Financial Assurance, ISSUES, Legislative, Methane, News (Public Access), Produced Water, Setbacks, Spill Rule
Santa Fe New Mexican (January 19, 2024) – A Senate Finance Committee hearing about an agency budget turned testy Friday as legislators ripped into the potential effects of a House bill dealing with New Mexico’s oil and gas industry. During Friday’s meeting,...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jul 6, 2023 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, News (Public Access)
New Mexico Sun (July 5, 2023) — State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard recently signed a moratorium prohibiting oil and gas drilling within 1 mile of schools, other educational facilities and daycare facilities. The moratorium prevents new leases from...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jun 12, 2023 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Setbacks
Farmington Daily Times (June 12, 2023) FARMINGTON — A June 2 decision by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to withdraw public lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historic Park from new oil and gas leasing and mining claims for 20 years has...
by Jim Winchester, IPANM Executive Director | Jun 10, 2023 | A FEATURED STORY, Anti-Industry Politics, Drilling & Leasing, ISSUES, News (Public Access), Rules & Regulations, Setbacks
ABQJournal (June 10, 2023) – A proposed rule under consideration by the Bureau of Land Management could help shape the future of Otero Mesa, the greater Chaco Canyon area and 13 million acres overseen by the federal agency in New Mexico. And time is running out...
