climate change

As climate change dries New Mexico, the Pecos faces a growing threat as it runs through the Permian Basin oilfield.

The EPA says it is reducing unnecessary regulations through its proposed reconsideration of oil and gas rules. But oil and gas producers understand the EPA’s forthcoming proposal will increase air pollution.

Summer 2026 was New Mexico’s hottest summer on record, adding urgency to calls for federal action on climate change. A national campaign is pressing Congress to move past Washington’s distractions and confront the climate crisis.

It’s no secret that a warming planet is harmful for biodiversity. But it’s also harming our sense of smell, which, in turn, affects our emotional and psychological well being.

Monsoons could be on the way, but that wind can also cause outflows that push smoke through the valley and into Santa Fe.

Albuquerque is making more resources like pools and splash pads available as the heat index soars around the state.

Fire ecologists have made a surprisingly unintuitive discovery after analyzing 30 years of wildfire data, especially as the West grapples with profound drought and hotter weather.

A stretch of Interstate 10 at the Arizona-New Mexico border has claimed more than 50 lives over the last 40 years due to dust storms. While state and federal agencies have taken notice, the burden of emergency response has fallen on rural communities with limited resources.

It's not clear yet how the money would be distributed among several states in a river basin where political fights and an impasse over how to share water long term have persisted even during historic drought.

Widespread drought and fears of a power crisis is forcing the Interior Department to start sending billions of gallons of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir downstream to prop up Lake Powell.