{"id":49400,"date":"2026-07-24T09:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=49400"},"modified":"2026-07-24T09:25:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T16:25:23","slug":"feds-consider-removing-ban-on-chaco-oil-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/feds-consider-removing-ban-on-chaco-oil-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Consider Removing Ban on Chaco Oil Drilling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7.24.26&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>A 20-year ban on new oil and gas developments within 10 miles of the Chaco Cultural National Historic Park could soon be reversed. The U.S. Interior Department opened two weeks of public comment this month, on its environmental assessment of the proposal to revoke the drilling ban.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Nash Jones\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For More Information:<\/strong>\u00a0<br><a href=\"https:\/\/sourcenm.com\/2026\/07\/22\/new-mexico-indigenous-and-federal-officials-urge-outcry-on-proposed-rollback-of-chaco-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>New Mexico Indigenous and federal officials urge outcry on proposed rollback of Chaco protections<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0\u2013 Source New Mexico<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7.24.26&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;A 20-year ban on new oil and gas developments within 10 miles of the Chaco Cultural National Historic Park could soon be reversed. 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