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NM Environment Secretary Advocates to Expand Use of Wastewater

August 21, 2025
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8.22.25 – Last month, state Environment Secretary James Kenney made a rare appearance at a meeting of the Water Quality Control Commission. Kenney advocated for the board to adopt a proposal that would expand the state’s use of “produced water” — oil and gas wastewater that’s loaded with questionable chemicals. Previous pushes to pass a…

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President Trump’s Push to Deregulate the Oil and Gas Industry

July 18, 2025
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7.18.25 – In collaboration with nonprofit news organization Capital and Main, oil and gas reporter Jerry Redfern stopped by our studio to interview Kyle Tisdel, senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center. The two examine Trump’s tax and spending bill — and how it fits with Trump’s executive orders to roll back federal regulations…

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