Oil and gas land sale nets $79M amid New Mexico climate concerns A contentious auction of public land to the oil and gas industry brought in about $78.8 million to the federal government this week, amid outcry from New Mexico environmental groups calling for a halt on using the lands for fossil fuel drilling.
Politics New Mexico's oil, gas air pollution is visible from space, study says A cloud of methane about 2 miles long was discovered southeast of Carlsbad by NASA, amid the Permian Basin oilfields.
Elon Musk has criticized environmental regulations. His companies have been accused of sidestepping them.
