When it happens in New York, San Francisco or even Albuquerque, there is no way the media would care. However, when New Mexico’s energy boom delivers a big franchise to a small town, it’s worthy of attention. Making the news in Carlsbad is the chance a Dunkin’ Donuts franchise is looking to open a new store in town. Keep in mind, Carlsbad is a city of less than 30,000 people so the opportunity to land a large franchise gets attention. In fact, the city’s development director told the Carlsbad Current Argus there could be more opportunity ahead: “I can confirm…

It’s a story the radical eco-left doesn’t want you to see. Earlier this month, about 250 people showed up looking for job opportunities in many sectors including energy, at a job fair hosted by Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC.) According to the article in Native News Online: The job fair started at 9 a.m. but nearly 100 people were lined up at 7:30 a.m. “We started taking applications earlier than we planned because people were eager to submit resumes and get information about job vacancies,” said Cortasha Upshaw, NTEC community coordinator. Providing strong jobs in rural areas of the country…

During the recently completed legislative session in New Mexico, there was controversy over a proposed record tax increase. New Mexicans were justifiably outraged about the idea to raise taxes over $300 million a year when oil and natural gas revenues delivered a state budget surplus of over $1 billion. Just a few months after the tax increase proposal, we learn state coffers will receive even more money from the energy industry. This surplus for the Land of Enchantment is funding unprecedented raises in education and infrastructure spending, but it’s also done something else: prevented tax increases. One provision that received…

Apparently, the Big Apple isn’t big enough. The City of Albuquerque decided to cede its energy future to the controversial former mayor of New York City earlier this week. In an announcement that didn’t make it far beyond the choir of the green church, Albuquerque’s Mayor Tim Keller announced the city is fully on board with Bloomberg’s Beyond Carbon plan which means the Duke City plans to be 100% renewable in just five years. Oddly, the announcement appears no where on the official city press site. Usually, the key part to any announcement is the…announcing. Why is that not the…

They say it’s all about the environment…until there’s some “green” money to be made. Some of the farms in Bosque, New Mexico have been in local families for over 200 years. Now, the renewable energy march in New Mexico is threatening their lands. Last week, local media reported on the fight against new transmission lines to carry wind energy throughout New Mexico. One farmer stated their concerns perfectly: “They’re just really trying to force themselves through here, they don’t understand our lands have been in our families for over 200 years,” said Bosque resident Martin Baca. “We just don’t want to…

Earlier this year, supporters of New Mexico’s Energy Transition Act (ETA) promised the disastrous bill wouldn’t raise electric rates. The law has been hailed as our own Green New Deal and supporters promised nothing but greatness for our future. That’s why it was enlightening this week to see a supporter of the law admit what we’ve known all along: our rates will go up. Last week, one New Mexico lawmaker penned an op-ed calling on the state’s energy secretary to resign after reading about our investigation into the ETA. In response to a tweet about the op-ed, a supporter of…

The eco-left is hard at work in the Land of Enchantment fighting a proxy war against methane. Why do we call it a proxy war? Simply because if the eco-left actually cared about reducing methane they would be celebrating the oil and gas industry in New Mexico instead of trying to destroy it.   Data reported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows methane emissions in the Permian Basin, which includes New Mexico, are down 57% since 2011. This dramatic drop in methane coincides with the same time the Permian became the most productive oil field in entire country.   Simply…