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Water watchdogs file motion to disqualify commission members, vacate fracking waste discharge rulemaking after gov’s office caught tampering
Citing hard evidence of the Lujan Grisham administration inappropriately pressuring the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) to fast-track a new rule proposed and written by Big Oil to allow discharge of treated fracking waste to New Mexico’s rivers and streams,...
Groups challenge Montana’s second rubberstamp of methane gas plant near Laurel
Conservation groups today challenged an inadequate environmental analysis from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for the 175-megawatt methane gas plant near Laurel, Mont. In August, DEQ issued a supplemental final environmental assessment for the...
Court: Expanded livestock grazing in grizzly habitat near Yellowstone violated law
Today, The U.S. District Court for the District of Montana found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the law when it authorized expanded livestock grazing on six allotments on the east side of Montana’s Paradise Valley in occupied grizzly bear habitat. The...
Gov’s office, NMED secretary improperly pressuring water commissioners to green-light fracking waste discharge to surface, groundwater
Newly revealed emails show the governor’s office and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Sec. James Kenney are inappropriately directing members of the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission to advance an oil and gas industry proposal to allow the discharge...
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