Environment, Climate & Land
Coverage of people and policy impacting climate and land across New Mexico
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State Senate’s Democratic Leader Peter Wirth won’t seek leadership, re-election
Longtime senator from Santa Fe to open leadership options for “next generation”
By Joshua Bowling, Source New Mexico — New Mexico state Sen. Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) announced on Tuesday he won’t seek his leadership position again…
Testing the waters: Feds stop paying to sample LANL runoff
Feds end testing of water serving Santa Fe
By Alicia Inez Guzmán, Source New Mexico — With every spring snowmelt or heavy summer monsoon comes the chance that radioactive particles and toxic chemicals…
Fact Check: What do we really know about Blackstone’s plan to buy PNM?
We fact check concerns about AI data centers, executive pay and next steps
Editor’s note: In August 2025, New Mexico’s largest utility, privately-owned PNM, asked state regulators for permission to sell to a subsidiary of Blackstone, a private…
Tree deaths in New Mexico tripled in 2025 as warming summers increases insects, stress on forests
Forests impacted by drought and heat increased 66%
Tree deaths tripled in New Mexico during the second warmest year on record, according to new analysis of the state’s forest health from the U.S.…