Now we have an administration that is bent on erasing a century of laws created by liberals and conservatives alike that protect our environment and keep our children from breathing toxic air and drinking poisonous water.
Category: energy policy
The Vanishing Colorado River
The Colorado River is in the midst of an 18 year long drought that may well be the norm going into the future with huge ramifications for millions of people.
Flushing Out Trump’s Appliance Views
By Tom Ribe While many readers find Trump reprehensible, his place as the leader of the conservative movement in America and abroad makes even his most laughable views cause …
Bureau of Land Management Under Attack
Trumping the BLM by Tom Ribe Ever since public lands were made permanent parts of the American experience around the turn of the last century, there have been people …
Natural Gas is not the Answer
New Mexico’s State budget is dominated by money from oil and gas production. It has been for 70 years. During that time our state has dropped to the bottom …
Oil Spill in Animas and other Oil Industry Disasters
This week, British Petroleum Corporation (BP) created an Animas River oil spill. BP has dumped oil and fraking fluids into the Animas River near Durango, Colorado. The company spilled fraking …
Thinking About the Land as Fall Colors Blaze
Sodden fall in New Mexico and southern Colorado. While Donald Trump is hyperventilating and bloviating about refugees from Guatemala marching toward his fragile little world, we are wearing rain gear …
Key Environmental Issues in New Mexico Governor’s Race
This November we chose a new governor in New Mexico. After eight years of population decline and economic stagnation under Suzanna Martinez, we have a chance to change course. The …
