New Mexico oil and gas rules put water resources, communities at risk. Here’s how they can be improved.

6 years 4 months ago
By Jon Goldstein and Dan Mueller Water is New Mexico’s most precious and limited resource, but new rules proposed by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (NMOCC) fall short in efforts to better protect it. In the face of increasing temperatures and shrinking water supplies, the state needs to be doing more – not less […]
EDF Blogs

New Mexico oil and gas rules put water resources, communities at risk. Here’s how they can be improved.

6 years 4 months ago
By Jon Goldstein and Dan Mueller Water is New Mexico’s most precious and limited resource, but new rules proposed by the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (NMOCC) fall short in efforts to better protect it. In the face of increasing temperatures and shrinking water supplies, the state needs to be doing more – not less […]
EDF Blogs

In Sinaloa, Mexico fishermen are rewriting their legacy

6 years 4 months ago
A year ago, Fidel Insunza was not very optimistic about his future in fishing. With more than 30 years on the water, he has seen prosperous times come and go in Altata-Ensenada del Pabellon, a coastal lagoon system in Sinaloa, Mexico. Back in the “good days,” as he calls them, his income allowed him to […]
Laura Rodriguez

Chevron shareholders made methane a key priority at annual general meeting

6 years 4 months ago
Yesterday morning at Chevron’s annual general meeting, a shareholder resolution calling on the company to improve its methane management and disclosure received a 45% vote. This strong vote follows a majority vote at Range Resources, where 50.3% of voting shareholders supported a similar methane disclosure resolution (up from just 20% in 2013). Oil and gas industry shareholders […]
Kate Gaumond

Chevron shareholders made methane a key priority at annual general meeting

6 years 4 months ago
Yesterday morning at Chevron’s annual general meeting, a shareholder resolution calling on the company to improve its methane management and disclosure received a 45% vote. This strong vote follows a majority vote at Range Resources, where 50.3% of voting shareholders supported a similar methane disclosure resolution (up from just 20% in 2013). Oil and gas industry shareholders […]
Kate Gaumond

Chevron shareholders made methane a key priority at annual general meeting

6 years 4 months ago
Yesterday morning at Chevron’s annual general meeting, a shareholder resolution calling on the company to improve its methane management and disclosure received a 45% vote. This strong vote follows a majority vote at Range Resources, where 50.3% of voting shareholders supported a similar methane disclosure resolution (up from just 20% in 2013). Oil and gas industry shareholders […]
Kate Gaumond