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Governor Asks President for Oil and Gas Relief

An oil drilling rig at work during sunrise.

March 19, 2021 – One of the first actions President Biden took upon taking office was to issue an Executive Order indefinitely pausing all new oil and gas leasing on public lands. This week, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham sent the President a letter asking for relief on that front, although she stopped short of any…

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Kevin Robinson-Avila on the Energy Transition Act

rural co-ops

November 15, 2019 – The Energy Transition Act signed into law this year by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham requires all local utilities to get half of their electricity from renewable sources by 2030. That’s prompting a shakeup among rural electric cooperatives, which serve more than 200,000 people in New Mexico, and with the wholesale supplier…

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