Posts Tagged ‘PBS’
New Mexico GOP’s Quarrel Over NMOGA Chief’s Remarks
August 14, 2020 – Gene Grant and The Line opinion panel look at the tussle between the New Mexico GOP and the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association. Executive Director Ryan Flynn recently praised Democratic Congresswoman Xochitl Torres Small for her advocacy for oil and gas extraction. The freshman representative is locked in battle to keep her U.S. House of Representatives seat…
Read MoreAll We’ve Surveyed: Five Years After the Gold King Mine Spill
By Laura Paskus Five years ago, crews reopening an abandoned mine in the mountains of southern Colorado breached a containment wall, spewing three million gallons of mining waste into a tributary of the Animas River. Given the mine’s alpine location—which averages 15 feet of snow each year—fieldwork is limited and conditions can change drastically between…
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