The report comes as officials consider a longer lifetime for WIPP — currently the nation's only underground repository for ...

Federal agencies manage some of southern New Mexico’s biggest economic drivers, and Republican lawmakers warned they could be ...

An inflatable life-size model of casks used to transport nuclear waste material is displayed near the intersection of Main Street and Industrial Sept. 29, 2018. A U.S. Supreme Court has revived plans ...

On a Tuesday in March, Billton Werito drove his son Amari toward his house in Counselor, New Mexico, driving past natural gas ...

The push to expedite oil and gas leasing in southern New Mexico culminated in the BLM’s most profitable lease sale ever in September 2018, when it raked in $972 million for 142 parcels.

Schoolchildren struggling with headaches and vomiting from oil and gas plant pollution - Residents say they can smell ‘rotten egg with propane’ emanating from nearby natural gas wells ...

World's oldest woman who credited long life to two simple things dies aged 116 ...

In New Mexico—one of the largest producers of oil and gas in the country—researchers are trying to grow hemp, sunflowers and trees with purified fracking wastewater.

New Mexico’s oil and gas industry generated $15.2 billion in revenue for the state in fiscal year 2023, a record high, according to the trade group Independent Petroleum Association of America.

Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico is home to 119 known caves, including North America's largest cave chamber, the Big Room. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Summertime Ozone Production at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico: Influence of Oil and Natural Gas Development. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 2024; 129 (14) DOI: 10.1029 ...

New research shows that ozone concentrations at Carlsbad Caverns National Park frequently exceed Environmental Protection Agency health standards, likely due to oil and natural gas development in ...