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Report: 95% of oil and gas leases on public lands in NM are in ‘extremely high’ water stress areas

by kendrachamberlain November 14, 2019

Oil and gas activity in New Mexico may be exacerbating water stress in the state, according to an analysis by a liberal public policy think tank. The Center for American Progress determined that 387 of 402 leases granted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the state in the last two and a half […]

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