Let’s Talk New Mexico, 3/13/25, 8am: There are only a couple weeks left until the 2025 New Mexico legislature adjourns on March 22. Among the 1,100+ bills filed, a handful address regulating the state’s cash cow–the oil and gas industry–but several have already failed with others floundering in committees.
On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll discuss the power of the industry in our statehouse and why legislators may not be willing to change rules for the industry that brings about a third of the state’s total revenue while being the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
How do you reconcile the competing urgencies of funding our state and fighting climate change? Are there particular regulations you’d like to see when it comes to oil and gas, like required setbacks of extraction sites from schools or higher leasing fees? Email letstalk@kunm.org, leave a voice message by clicking the link below, or call in live at (505) 277-5866 Thursday morning at 8.
