As part of KUNM's commitment to ongoing coverage of the oil and gas industry in New Mexico, we included a short series of stories on the regulation of this industry from reporterMónica Ortiz Uribe who reports from El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, for the Fronteras Desk.
- Part 1 looks at how the agency that enforces oil and gas industry regulations is having trouble getting this done.
- Part 2 examines the types of tools regulators use when oil and gas producers break the rules--and how those tools aren't always effective.
- Part 3 explores how lawmakers balance the need for regulation with economic interests.
- Part 4we get to see what it's like to be an oil industry inspector in New Mexico.