Capital & Main /tags/capital-main Capital & Main en-US Copyright Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:45:17 GMT Key Democrats help defeat proposed increases to New Mexico oil and gas regulations /local-news/2025-03-04/democrats-defeat-increases-new-mexico-oil-and-gas-regulations A number of proposals aimed at reforming how the oil and gas industry works in New Mexico have stalled out in this year’s legislative session with the help of key Democratic lawmakers. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 02:45:17 GMT /local-news/2025-03-04/democrats-defeat-increases-new-mexico-oil-and-gas-regulations Nash Jones Big oil and gas money flowed to Democrats in New Mexico's elections /local-news/2024-12-04/oil-and-gas-campaign-contributions-nm-democrats Capital & Main's Jerry Redfern talks about his recent report on large oil and gas companies giving to New Mexico Democrats, contrary to where they overwhelmingly put their money nationally. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:54:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-04/oil-and-gas-campaign-contributions-nm-democrats Nash Jones In this tiny New Mexico town, the air quality is worse than in Downtown L.A. /local-news/2024-08-21/loving-nm-air-quality-worse-than-la The data is clear: The village of Loving in the Permian Basin has been hit hard by waves of pollutants from Big Oil, yet the EPA hasn’t acted to force a cleanup. Wed, 21 Aug 2024 21:33:27 GMT /local-news/2024-08-21/loving-nm-air-quality-worse-than-la Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main New Mexico Has Some of the Nation’s Toughest Oil and Gas Regulations. Enforcing Them Is Another Matter. /2024-07-17/new-mexico-has-some-of-the-nations-toughest-oil-and-gas-regulations-enforcing-them-is-another-matter With the EPA hamstrung by the Supreme Court and shaky state funding, New Mexico could face a future with reduced protections. Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:43:15 GMT /2024-07-17/new-mexico-has-some-of-the-nations-toughest-oil-and-gas-regulations-enforcing-them-is-another-matter Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main Much is still unknown about the gov’s proposal to buy treated water for green energy projects /2023-12-11/much-is-still-unknown-about-the-govs-proposal-to-buy-treated-water-for-green-energy-projects Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced at the U.N. climate summit that New Mexico will invest $500 million into reusing brackish and produced water to boost green energy production while withstanding drought. Reporter for Capital & Main Jerry Redfern told 91°µÍø that, at this point, all we know about what the program would look like are the "broad strokes." Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:03:32 GMT /2023-12-11/much-is-still-unknown-about-the-govs-proposal-to-buy-treated-water-for-green-energy-projects Nash Jones New Mexico's wild hydrogen days /local-news/2023-11-06/new-mexicos-wild-hydrogen-days New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham flew to Australia earlier this month with an oil and gas lobbyist and the head of a natural gas industry group to speak at a hydrogen conference. The trip came after a week of whiplash hydrogen news in the state, with a panel recommending money for hydrogen projects, the federal government snubbing a New Mexico-led regional hydrogen hub proposal and a state agency releasing a rosy outlook for the carbon sequestration needed for hydrogen production. Tue, 07 Nov 2023 01:51:07 GMT /local-news/2023-11-06/new-mexicos-wild-hydrogen-days Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main What oil and gas legislation is expected as lawmakers allocate billions from the industry? /local-news/2023-01-23/what-oil-and-gas-legislation-is-expected-as-lawmakers-allocate-billions-from-the-industry Oil and gas money is all over the New Mexico Roundhouse. It accounts for 35% of the state budget proposal this year, according to the Legislative Finance Committee. It’s also in the campaign coffers of politicians on both sides of the aisle. It’s within this landscape that debates around expanding or restricting fossil fuel production take place. Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:42:57 GMT /local-news/2023-01-23/what-oil-and-gas-legislation-is-expected-as-lawmakers-allocate-billions-from-the-industry Nash Jones More than 1,000 oil and gas wells sit idle under a state pandemic program amid sky high prices /local-news/2022-08-29/more-than-1000-oil-and-gas-wells-sit-idle-under-a-state-pandemic-program-amid-sky-high-prices Since 2020 the state has allowed oil and gas producers to temporarily stop running pumps because the pandemic economy was particularly bad for business. But despite the rebound in oil prices, there are still more than 1,000 wells sitting idle. Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:42:36 GMT /local-news/2022-08-29/more-than-1000-oil-and-gas-wells-sit-idle-under-a-state-pandemic-program-amid-sky-high-prices Kaveh Mowahed Unprecedented oil and gas revenue can make budgeting and spending complicated /local-news/2022-07-22/unprecedented-oil-and-gas-revenue-can-make-budgeting-and-spending-complicated New Mexico reaped more than $1.7 billion dollars in oil and gas revenue in the first third of 2022 – that’s more than double the income from the same period last year according to oil and gas reporter Jerry Redfern from Capital and Main. He told 91°µÍø that all the extra money comes with complications when it comes to budgeting for the future. Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:55:11 GMT /local-news/2022-07-22/unprecedented-oil-and-gas-revenue-can-make-budgeting-and-spending-complicated Kaveh Mowahed Increased New Mexico earthquakes likely tied to oil and gas industry /local-news/2021-10-18/increased-new-mexico-earthquakes-likely-tied-to-oil-and-gas-industry Earthquake activity has increased dramatically in southern New Mexico likely due to injection wells in the Permian Basin. These are used to store… Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:15:20 GMT /local-news/2021-10-18/increased-new-mexico-earthquakes-likely-tied-to-oil-and-gas-industry Megan Kamerick