Our Land
‘Status Quo’ Reigns When it Comes to Chaco Protections
10.21.2022 – On the eastern Navajo Nation, oil and gas development has affected the land, water, and air where Mario Atencio’s family lives near Counselor, New Mexico. Atencio is the Greater Chaco Energy Organizer with Diné CARE, or Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, and he talks about why increased protections for communities and landscapes…
Read MoreWithout Rights, NM’s Rivers Can Come Up Empty
10.14.22 –In New Mexico, rivers lack rights to their own waters, which mean that when dry times strike—or people are unwilling to share—rivers run dry. “Water in New Mexico is managed on what’s called the priority administration system … it’s a system of extraction,” says Paul Tashjian with Audubon Southwest. There are ways to protect…
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