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Published March 15, 2018 at 1250 × 938 in IMG_8363

Tom Swetnam with Redondo Peak and scars from the Thompson Ridge Fire behind him.

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Activists, political scientists say protest still a powerful tool
By Santa Fe New Mexican | 9 mins ago
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Some in the crowd were fighting back tears as Darlene Peshlakai spoke.
Stansbury cosponsors legislation to improve wildland fire communication
By Hannah Grover | 12 mins ago
U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a New Mexico Democrat, said that a bill she is co-sponsoring builds upon her efforts in the state Legislature to modernize and standardize wildfire communication.
Pre-trial risk-assessment tool: crutch or crystal ball?
By Santa Fe New Mexican | 13 mins ago
By Phaedra Haywood, The Santa Fe New Mexican The Legislature's debate over crime is beginning to take form, centering on two key issues: whether suspects accused of serious offenses should be detained in jail as a matter of course, and whether a risk assessment process known as the Arnold Tool is a threat to public safety.

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Former inmates want voting rights restored
By Santa Fe New Mexican | January 29, 2023
By Robert Nott, The Santa Fe New Mexican Adam John Griego is dreaming of the day he can vote again. The 50-year-old Santa Fean, who spent two years in prison for a felony drug possession charge, anticipates how it will feel when he can finally cast a ballot once more: "Liberating," he said.
Carbon sequestration bill passes House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee
By Hannah Grover | January 29, 2023
In the effort to prevent global warming exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius (nearly 35 degrees Fahrenheit), technology like carbon capture and sequestration may be needed, according to reports from groups like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Rep. Meredith Dixon, D-Albuquerque, pointed to that report when presenting a bill that would provide $2.4 million of state money for New Mexico so that the state could seek primacy over Class VI wells. Dixon sponsored House Bill 174 along with Rep. Nathan Small, D-Las Cruces. The bill passed the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee on a 6-4 vote.

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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