SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 11 -- The Conservation Lands Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Mexicans Applaud the Reintroduction of Legislation to Protect Public Lands Surrounding Chaco Canyon Indigenous communities, conservationists, preservationists, and other stakeholders in New Mexico urge Congress to pass important bill New Mexicans are applauding the reintroduction of the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, supported by the entire New Mexico delegation - S  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * Statement on Trump's Executive Order to Undermine State-Level Climate Laws WASHINGTON -- On April 8, President Trump signed an executive order targeting state climate policies, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to challenge and stop their enforcement. States mentioned in the order include California, New York, and Vermont. The order has the potential to affect states and localities across the nation as they address  more

EUGENE, Oregon, April 11 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Water Quality Control Commission poised to adopt rule prohibiting discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters Rule would allow dangerous exception for "pilot projects" to discharge 84,000 gallons per day of treated fossil fuel waste to groundwater, risking public health Following a day and a half of deliberations, the Water Quality Control Commission is poised to adopt a r  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, April 10 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Wrangling a century-old electric grid into the future For more than 100 years, electric companies in the U.S. have maintained the same basic business model, carefully fine-tuned to sometimes conflicting local, state, and federal regulation. But over the last decade, changes in both supply and demand for electricity has proven the old ways won't work forever. If America's grid  more