/tags/environment environment en-US Copyright Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:33:13 GMT /local-news/2024-04-16/muleshoe-national-wildlife-refuge-gets-federal-support-to-expand Four National Wildlife Refuges across the country now have support from the federal government to expand, and Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, which spans across the Texas-New Mexico border, is one of them. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:33:13 GMT /local-news/2024-04-16/muleshoe-national-wildlife-refuge-gets-federal-support-to-expand Megan Myscofski /local-news/2024-04-12/lawyers-spar-over-high-profile-new-mexico-pollution-case A judge heard arguments on Friday on whether a high-profile environmental lawsuit brought on by the Center of Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians and several frontline Native American communities should go to trial. Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:53:31 GMT /local-news/2024-04-12/lawyers-spar-over-high-profile-new-mexico-pollution-case Bryce Dix /local-news/2024-01-04/in-the-scar-of-new-mexicos-largest-wildfire-a-legal-battle-is-brewing-over-the-cost-of-suffering A U.S. agency accidentally torched their communities. Depending on how courts define damage, those who had the least to begin with could wind up with the smallest checks. Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:53:58 GMT /local-news/2024-01-04/in-the-scar-of-new-mexicos-largest-wildfire-a-legal-battle-is-brewing-over-the-cost-of-suffering Patrick Lohman and Byard Duncan, ProPublica /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 /news/2022-08-12/wildlife-biologists-shed-light-on-how-solar-developments-affect-big-game Wyoming researchers show that utility-scale solar developments can directly and indirectly affect habitat and create movement barriers for ungulates such as deer, elk and pronghorn. Fri, 12 Aug 2022 21:34:19 GMT /news/2022-08-12/wildlife-biologists-shed-light-on-how-solar-developments-affect-big-game Emma Gibson /news/2022-08-02/wildfire-smoke-plumes-are-growing-taller-and-sending-pollutants-farther-away-researchers-find A paper out of the University of Utah shows that plume heights are increasing more than 300 feet every year in mountain ranges in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Tue, 02 Aug 2022 17:31:20 GMT /news/2022-08-02/wildfire-smoke-plumes-are-growing-taller-and-sending-pollutants-farther-away-researchers-find Emma Gibson /news/2022-07-25/tribal-leaders-praise-once-in-a-generation-public-land-acquisition-in-new-mexico Officials in New Mexico recently celebrated the purchase of about 54,000 acres to create its largest state-owned recreation area, and it’s one of the biggest public land acquisitions in the U.S. this year. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:16:20 GMT /news/2022-07-25/tribal-leaders-praise-once-in-a-generation-public-land-acquisition-in-new-mexico Emma Gibson /news/2022-04-25/mountain-west-airport-sells-a-biofuel-made-with-animal-fat This spring, the Eagle County Regional Airport near Vail, Colorado, began offering the fatty jet fuel sourced from unwanted livestock tallow. It's a so-called sustainable aviation fuel with a lower carbon footprint. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:22:38 GMT /news/2022-04-25/mountain-west-airport-sells-a-biofuel-made-with-animal-fat Emma Gibson /news/2022-03-21/unm-team-creates-robot-to-find-potential-rockslides With a robot, an audio recorder and a stick, researchers have developed a way to tap their way into remotely alerting safety inspectors of potential rockslides. Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:51:00 GMT /news/2022-03-21/unm-team-creates-robot-to-find-potential-rockslides Emma Gibson /news/2022-03-16/conservation-group-says-uranium-mill-storing-millions-of-pounds-of-radioactive-waste According to the report from the conservation nonprofit Grand Canyon Trust, the White Mesa Mill, the last functioning uranium mill in the U.S., stores over 700 million pounds of radioactive waste. During a press conference Tuesday, Tim Peterson, the cultural landscapes director with the trust, said it threatens the air, water and people of Utah. Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:16:23 GMT /news/2022-03-16/conservation-group-says-uranium-mill-storing-millions-of-pounds-of-radioactive-waste Emma Gibson