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    Joey Peters Senior Reporter

    Published April 24, 2015 at 400 × 267 in Joey Peters Senior Reporter

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    • Why won’t the EPA fine New Mexico’s greenhouse gas leakers?
      By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main | 20 hours ago

      In the fall of 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hired a helicopter equipped with a leak-detecting infrared camera to criss-cross the Permian Basin looking for gaseous emissions, part of a monitoring program undertaken at the behest of and in partnership with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED).

    • USFS says January burn led to Calf Canyon Fire
      By Hannah Grover | May 27, 2022

      The U.S. Forest Service officially took responsibility for the Calf Canyon Fire on Friday in an announcement.

    • New Mexico’s legal desert affects victims of violence
      By Susan Dunlap | May 27, 2022

      While the federal reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act will ensure services for victims for several more years, victims will likely still struggle due to New Mexico’s “legal desert.” VAWA] provides funding to state and local programming and agencies to help those who suffer gender-based violence.

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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.

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    • NM collects $2.4 million in cannabis taxes for first month of sales

      The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department announced on Friday that it has collected more than $2.4 million in cannabis excise taxes for April, which was the first month of adult-use sales in the state.  The Cannabis Regulation Act, which was approved by the New Mexico Legislature and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last year, mandates that a 12 percent cannabis excise tax be applied to all adult-use cannabis sales.

    • Delays in Navajo-Gallup pipeline mean new wells have to be drilled

      Two more groundwater wells will be drilled to meet the City of Gallup’s water demands until surface water can be transported to the area from the San Juan River.

    • What the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization means for the LGBTQ community 

      Expansions in the Violence Against Women Act, signed by President Joe Biden this spring, recognize the LGBTQ community for the first time.

    About Patrick Davis

    Patrick Davis is the executive director of ProgressNow NM, a public advocacy organization advocating for progressive causes in New Mexico.

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