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Published September 9, 2018 at 1732 × 1154 in IMG_0438-m

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With San Juan Generating Station Unit One retired, rate credits are pending NM Supreme Court decision
By Hannah Grover | 12 hours ago
Should the New Mexico Supreme Court uphold a state regulators’ order requiring the largest electric utility in the state to issue rate credits following the closure of each remaining unit of the San Juan Generating Station, those rate credits would likely begin during the August billing cycle.
New study shows how drought led to deadly temperatures in the southwest in 2021
By Hannah Grover | July 6, 2022
With the changing climate, incidents like droughts and heatwaves can be interlinked. This was the case in 2021 when the drought conditions in the southwest United States triggered record-breaking heat, according to a study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters on June 18.
Fish and Wildlife Service faces criticism over finalized Mexican wolf rule
By Hannah Grover | July 5, 2022
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services finalized its Mexican Wolf rule that removes the cap on the population size within the experimental range and focuses on increasing genetic diversity by limiting when wolves can be killed and through releases of captive wolves into the wild using methods like cross-fostering.

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Weather station network intended to provide some security for farmers, ranchers
By Hannah Grover | May 2, 2022
Government programs provide insurance for ranchers if they lose their forage crops due to lack of rain, but the scarcity of rain gauges in New Mexico has limited the usefulness of this insurance, according to legislators who secured funding to build a network of weather stations throughout the state.
Rail Runner funding removed from junior spending bill
By Hannah Grover | April 6, 2022
The Rail Runner will not be receiving $1 million to temporarily reduce fares to riders.

About Laura Paskus

Laura Paskus has been writing about New Mexico’s natural resources and communities since 2002, as an assistant editor of High Country News, a radio producer at KUNM-FM, managing editor of Tribal College Journal and a freelancer for a variety of publications including the Santa Fe Reporter, New Mexico In Depth and Indian Country Today. Her work has also appeared in Al Jazeera America, Ms. Magazine, National Geographic Online, The Nature Conservancy Magazine, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Mountain Gazette, Audubon and Orion. She's a correspondent for New Mexico In Focus and a graduate student in the University of New Mexico’s Geography and Environmental Studies Department.

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