{"id":44082,"date":"2024-01-22T11:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=44082"},"modified":"2024-01-22T11:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T18:27:16","slug":"earth-breaks-records-fossil-fuel-companies-amp-up-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/earth-breaks-records-fossil-fuel-companies-amp-up-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth breaks records; fossil fuel companies amp up PR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-small-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/woyxJ21\/ourland\">Subscribe to Our Land Weekly<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information announced that 2023 was officially the warmest year on record. \u201cBy far.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the federal agency, Earth\u2019s average surface temperature was 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the twentieth century average, and the \u201chighest global temperature among all years in NOAA\u2019s 1850-2023 climate record.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency also noted that it\u2019s been 47 years since Earth had a colder-than-average year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news\/2023-was-worlds-warmest-year-on-record-by-far\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a press statement,<\/a> NOAA Chief Scientist Dr. Sarah Kapnick said: &#8220;We will continue to see records broken and extreme events grow until emissions go to zero.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/access\/monitoring\/monthly-report\/global\/202313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full report on NOAA\u2019s website.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to see where the world warmed the most in 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/interactive\/2024\/mapping-our-fast-warming-world\/?itid=sf_climate_climate_top-table_p001_f002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check out this feature from <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/interactive\/2024\/mapping-our-fast-warming-world\/?itid=sf_climate_climate_top-table_p001_f002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/interactive\/2024\/mapping-our-fast-warming-world\/?itid=sf_climate_climate_top-table_p001_f002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">.<\/a> The last line of the story is chilling (no pun intended): \u201c\u2019It\u2019s very likely that in 20, 30 years time, we will look back at the climate of the early 2020s as a period when [the temperature] was still manageable, when it was cold, in a sense,\u2019 [said Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, Europe\u2019s top climate agency].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it was pretty darn warm here in Albuquerque over the weekend, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/waterdata.usgs.gov\/nm\/nwis\/current\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rio Grande<\/a> is running below average. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2JPCnSL46G\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seeing porcupines, coyotes, cranes, herons, crows, and all kinds of other waterfowl and songbirds,<\/a> I felt a pang of anger at how bad humans are at sharing this planet with the other creatures who live here. This morning, as I write to all of you, I\u2019m thinking of a few lines in the Joy Harjo poem, <a href=\"https:\/\/poets.org\/poem\/calling-spirit-back-wandering-earth-its-human-feet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cFor Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Let the earth stabilize your postcolonial insecure jitters.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Be respectful of the small insects, birds and animal people who accompany you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ask their forgiveness for the harm we humans have brought down upon them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189.jpg\" alt=\"A view of a river in the desert with mountains in the background, featuring water.\" class=\"wp-image-44085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/thumbnail_IMG_2189-48x36.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"589\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24.png\" alt=\"A graph illustrating the water level of a lake.\" class=\"wp-image-44084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24.png 589w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24-24x17.png 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24-36x26.png 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Rio-Grande-flow-1-16-24-48x34.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, as billions of people around the globe experience water scarcity or increased flooding (and sometimes both within the same year), sea level rise, intensified storms, heat waves, and other climate impacts, fossil fuel companies are ramping up their public relations, lobbying, and ad campaigns to scare people into supporting the continued expansion of fossil fuel systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/10\/oil-ads-lights-on-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to a story in <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/10\/oil-ads-lights-on-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/jan\/10\/oil-ads-lights-on-energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">:<\/a> \u201cThe American oil lobby has launched an eight-figure media campaign this week promoting the idea that fossil fuels are \u2018vital\u2019 to global energy security, alarming climate experts.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, production in the United States is already at record highs. Here in New Mexico, oil production has increased ten-fold just since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023.png\" alt=\"New Mexico crude oil production.\" class=\"wp-image-44086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023.png 970w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/oil-production-nm-EIA-2023-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And while U.S. production of oil and natural gas certainly flourishes under Democratic administrations, just a reminder about the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Project 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/04\/climate\/republicans-climate-project2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/04\/climate\/republicans-climate-project2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/04\/climate\/republicans-climate-project2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> reported on last year.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That \u201cbattle plan\u201d for the next Republican president \u201ccalls for shredding regulations to curb greenhouse gas pollution from cars, oil and gas wells and power plants, dismantling almost every clean energy program in the federal government and boosting the production of fossil fuels \u2014 the burning of which is the chief cause of planetary warming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More news for you:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CAs-EJSmUUo?si=xTPI7yVF_LML18IZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cState Parks Division Forfeits Millions in Federal Funds Due to Missed Deadlines\u201d<\/a> (Elizabeth Miller, New Mexico in Focus\/New Mexico in Depth)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/report-radioactive-contaminants-found-on-los-alamos-national-lab-workers-skin\/article_01c4edac-ae42-11ee-8579-03830fab2d50.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cReport: Radioactive contaminants found on Los Alamos National Lab worker&#8217;s skin\u201d<\/a> (Scott Wyland, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/report-another-lanl-workers-skin-contaminated\/article_14a9ed3e-b3c2-11ee-8719-673f48d9d7c9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cReport: Another LANL worker&#8217;s skin contaminated\u201d<\/a> (Scott Wyland, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/01\/10\/winter-snowpack-northern-hemisphere-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWe\u2019re in danger of falling off a \u2018snow loss cliff.\u2019 Here\u2019s what that means.\u201d<\/a> (Maggie Penman, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/01\/10\/climate\/us-carbon-emissions-2023-climate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cU.S. Carbon Emissions Fell in 2023 as Coal Use Tumbled to New Lows\u201d<\/a> (Brad Plumer, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2024\/01\/11\/lawmaker-looks-to-rein-in-oil-and-gas-exceptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cLawmaker looks to rein in oil and gas exceptions\u201d<\/a> (Danielle Prokop, Source New Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfreporter.com\/news\/2024\/01\/11\/nm-fossil-idd-as-new-tyrannosaur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNM Fossil IDd as New Tyrannosaur\u201d<\/a> (Julie Ann Grimm, <em>Santa Fe Reporter<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, I missed this story in December, <a href=\"https:\/\/searchlightnm.org\/buried-secrets-poisoned-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cBuried secrets, poisoned bodies\u201d<\/a> by Alicia Inez Guzm\u00e1n at Searchlight New Mexico. If you did, too, please go read it right now. And thanks to reader Michael Lamb for sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miningweekly.com\/article\/laramide-pea-confirms-potential-of-new-mexico-uranium-project-2024-01-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a link from Creamer Media\u2019s Mining Weekly,<\/a> which notes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cCanadian miner Laramide Resources has confirmed in an independent preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on the Churchrock uranium project, in New Mexico, the long-life and high-margin potential of the project.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The PEA marks the first economic study to consider the entirety of the large and robust resource amenable to in-situ recovery (ISR) mining.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Importantly, as a late-stage development project located in the western US, Churchrock is well positioned to address some of the potential nuclear utility security of supply concerns clearly reflected in spot uranium prices which have risen dramatically and now exceed $90\/lb,\u201d says Laramide president and CEO Marc Henderson.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m guessing the people of the region, host to abandoned and polluting uranium mines and mills (not to mention the <a href=\"https:\/\/nmindepth.com\/2014\/remembering-the-largest-radioactive-spill-in-u-s-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nation\u2019s largest radioactive spill<\/a>), will have a lot to say about being \u201cwell positioned\u201d to address the security of uranium supply concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>P.S. 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And if you miss us throughout the week, follow <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/our_land_nm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Our Land on Instagram<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png\" alt=\"Our Land Logo\" class=\"wp-image-41765\" style=\"width:312px;height:104px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-1536x512.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-2048x682.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-24x8.png 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-36x12.png 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/OL-Logo-Master-Dark-Text-48x16.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information announced that 2023 was officially the warmest year on record. \u201cBy far.\u201d&nbsp; According to the federal agency, Earth\u2019s average surface temperature was 2.12 degrees Fahrenheit above the twentieth century average, and the \u201chighest global temperature among all years in NOAA\u2019s 1850-2023 climate record.\u201d\u00a0 The agency also noted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":44087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-land-newsletter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Earth breaks records; fossil fuel companies amp up PR - New Mexico In Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Rio Grande Compact, signed in 1939, divvies up water between Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/earth-breaks-records-fossil-fuel-companies-amp-up-pr\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Earth breaks records; 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