Tag: New Mexico
Trump administration falls behind on wildfire prevention with risky fire season ahead
Many of the nation’s overgrown forests are at high risk of burning. Under the Trump administration, work to reduce flammable vegetation fell by more than a million acres compared to previous years.
Ohio Plastic Waste Plant to Expand Nationally
By James Bruggers, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Belching smoke […]
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America’s Wind Market Keeps Building Under Policy Pressure
The useful way to understand U.S. wind energy in 2026 is to start with a contradiction. In physical terms, it remains one of the largest and most important wind markets in the world. In policy terms, it has become less stable and less predictable in a short period. The dichotomy … [continued]
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More Proof That Trump’s War On Renewable Energy Is Failing, Badly
For all the damage US President Donald Trump has done to the domestic wind and solar industries, they just keep persisting. The latest example is the massive, 550-mile, 3-gigawatt SunZia SouthWest Transmission Project linking renewable energy assets in sunny (and windy) New Mexico with Arizona and California. Construction began less … [continued]
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Trump Administration Finalizes Methane Rule That Will Loosen Restrictions on Gas Flaring, Increase Pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the EPA finalized its first reconsideration of the 2024 methane rule, an action that will increase gas flaring at oil wells and increase climate and air pollution. Finalized by the EPA in December 2023 following a robust comment period, the methane pollution standards represented a major win for climate and … [continued]
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