Jerry Redfern
Reporter at Capital & Main
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3 weeks ago |
sourcenm.com | Jerry Redfern
The company at the center of a controversial green energy project connecting New Mexico and Arizona has changed plans for a key component: A much-debated pipeline that would have carried climate-friendly hydrogen will instead carry natural gas, and possibly a natural gas-hydrogen blend at a future date. Unlike hydrogen, natural gas, blended or not, contributes to climate warming both in its production and when it is burned for energy.
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2 months ago |
capitalandmain.com | Jerry Redfern
And poof — it’s gone. New Mexico’s biannual, 60-day lawmaking session ended after two breakneck final weeks with the Democratic-majority, volunteer legislators working right up to the noon deadline. In the end, it was another legislative session that confirmed business as usual for the state’s oil and gas industry.
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2 months ago |
capitalandmain.com | Jerry Redfern
Between the start of the year and March 7, oil and gas producers reported more than 7,125 spills across the state — about 111 a day on average. Those spills include oil, produced water, other chemicals and natural gas, the last constituting the overwhelming majority of cases. In fact, companies lost as much natural gas through venting and flaring in that period as is used in more than 12,000 homes and small businesses in New Mexico for a year.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
newsfromthestates.com | Jerry Redfern
Tick tock, tick tock…Feb. 20 was halftime in this year’s two-month edition of the New Mexico Legislature and the deadline for filing proposed legislation. Its 111 members have now filed 1,182 bills for debate; about 20 of those deal with regulating some aspect of the oil and gas industry.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
capitalandmain.com | Jerry Redfern
“You may clap now.”With that, Rep. Javier Martínez, the speaker of the New Mexico House of Representatives, ushered Jan. 28, New Mexico Oil and Gas Day, into the record books. The measure passed in a unanimous consent vote of all of the state’s representatives — a process that didn’t allow for anyone to vote against it. The preceding 20 minutes of discussion were a Republican-led chorus of “Drill, baby, drill!” and pro-industry rhetoric.
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