An oil and gas company operating in southeast New Mexico’s Permian Basin oilfields agreed to take steps at three facilities in Lea County to reduce artificial light impacting the wilderness in the region.
An Artesia-based nonprofit is suing the state of New Mexico over electric vehicle requirements imposed last year on newly-built businesses and homes statewide.
Republicans in southeast New Mexico said they were preparing to defend the region’s defining oil and gas industry, while batting away Democrat proposals GOP leaders said could derail the state’s main economic driver.
