Charting COVID’s effect on the energy sector

Nine months ago, as the coronavirus-related lockdowns and slowdowns were reaching their peak, we made some predictions (for High Country … More

The Big Breakdown of coal, illustrated by one chart

After World War II, the federal government, utilities, and developers embarked on a project to build dams, mines, power plants, … More

Editor’s Note: While going through a bunch of my father’s old writing, I came across a copy of the Deep … More

The U.S. Department of Interior recently sent out a flurry of press releases announcing a major upswing in energy development … More

The meeting room was packed with people, many of them wearing the “I Stand With Oil And Gas” t-shirts that … More

Preface: In December, High Country News published a story of mine titled, Is nuclear energy the key to saving the … More

On May 22, Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, both Democrats from New Mexico, introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area … More

The San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado has been a hydrocarbon extraction hotspot since the 1920s. … More

Read my High Country News story about the fight against drilling in the Greater Chaco Region. Shortly after 10 p.m. … More

In 2017, New Mexico moved into third place in the nation for oil production, pumping some 16 million barrels from … More