Oil and Gas is Costing New Mexico Dearly

There’s no denying the climate crisis is taking a terrible toll on New Mexico, putting the state’s health, clean air and water, and its economic sustainability at risk.

In spite of this, oil and gas industry lobbyists from Washington, D.C. would have us believe that anyone working to defend the climate and protect the state’s future is on a “crusade” against New Mexicans.

In a December 4th Albuquerque Journal column penned by the Koch Industries-funded, Washington-based Institute for Energy Research, it was suggested that the non-profit organization I lead, WildEarth Guardians, is out to undermine the people of New Mexico. Our crime? Holding the Trump administration accountable to science, the law, and rational economic policy.

While New Mexico may be enjoying some of the fruits of an unprecedented oil and gas boom, what the industry doesn’t tell us is how much this boom is costing our state.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/25/oil-and-gas-is-costing-new-mexico-dearly/