Remember That Huge Methane Plume?
In 2014, NASA announced they’d found that the largest plume of methane gas in North America was right here in New Mexico. At the time, scientists didn...
Drilling Deep
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In this KUNM series, reporter Laura Paskus explores natural gas drilling and the burgeoning oil industry in northwestern New Mexico--its benefits, impacts, and future. Funding provided by the New Venture Fund.
Gas Flaring Does More Than Light Up the Skies
Away from any cities or streetlights, the nights here at Chaco Culture National Historic Park are dark. Looking up, it takes a little longer than usua...
Enviro Group Says Methane Rules Could Curb Smog
The Obama Administration recently proposed new standards that would reduce methane emissions from natural gas operations across the country, and envir...
Drilling Opponents Want BLM To Consider Cumulative Effects
There used to be big talk about a big boom coming to the San Juan Basin. Industry thought they’d sink 20,000 new oil wells. Companies wanted to take a...
Oil And Gas Technology Drives Farmington Economy
Thanks to technologies like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, New Mexico is one of the top natural gas producers in the world – 27 th acco...
The Hunt For The Source Of Four Corners Methane
Scientists published a paper on methane levels across the globe last year—and their satellite images show the largest methane anomaly in the United St...
Pipeline Plan Ignites Controversy
UPDATE 2/12: All told, the BLM ended up receiving about 30,000 comments on the proposed Piñon Pipeline. That's according to Victoria Barr of the BLM's...
Oil Industry Creeps Up On Chaco Communities
KUNM Call In Show 2/12 8a: Oil and gas development may be moving closer to Chaco Canyon National Historical Park and the many tribal communities in no...
Voices from Drilling Deep: Etta Arviso
Etta Arviso is one of the Diné – or, Navajo – women who I met last year in Counselor, New Mexico. She is an “allottee ,” which means her family lives ...
Voices From Drilling Deep: Mark Martinez
In October, Pueblo of Zuni Councilman Mark Martinez and I viewed Chaco Canyon National Historical Park from above during an ecoFlight tour. Martinez w...