Here's a real corker: the #wine industry employs more people than does the #coal industry

Long-term improvement in statewide school nutrition could be especially important in poorer school districts and lower-income neighborhoods, where ultraprocessed foods are everywhere — and fresh, healthy food is harder to find or more expensive. capitalandmain.com/california-m...

Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers. One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/ice-is-trans...

Here's an interesting thing via @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Wherein I interview a one-time #Texas oilman and learn about the massive mess left behind when his company collapsed. It's also a glimpse into how oil wells get orphaned and how New Mexico may be on the hook for $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years. capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...

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After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants. Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/ice-is-putti...

One of Los Angeles’ most polluted stretches of land will soon be cleared for new development, and a full accounting of the ground’s degradation will be left largely to an oil company. In some areas, the contaminated underground layer is 16+ feet thick. capitalandmain.com/theres-a-lak...

The National Weather Service was hit hard by DOGE-related cuts earlier this year. Now, key weather forecast offices in California will remain “criminally understaffed” while new hires get on board this fire season, former NWS meteorologists warn. capitalandmain.com/national-wea...

National Weather Service Grand Forks explaining there’s no threat for tsunami impacts in North Dakota, a landlocked state

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New story up @capitalandmain.bsky.social about old oil wells being used as water wells on the #Navajo Nation. And the #EPA has known about them for years. Check out the photos below if you're in a hurry... capitalandmain.com/on-the-navaj...

Old oil wells on the Navajo Nation reservation continue to spew chemical-laden water. Federal agencies have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up. #NewMexico #NavajoNation capitalandmain.com/on-the-navaj...

#LAPD arrested journalist Anthony Orendorff while he was documenting an immigration raid. This is part of a larger trend that could spell more trouble for press rights. Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld

#Supersexymagafauna get a win in #Senegal news.mongabay.com/2025/06/firs...

Just - holy cow. And yet, these stories keep coming and coming. capitalandmain.com/heres-whats-...

Powell says the Fed was prepared to keep cutting interest rates until Trump implementing tariffs that will increase inflation

Since 1970, more than 75,000 miners have died of black lung disease. But the researchers working to prevent those deaths received layoff notices after Trump took office. capitalandmain.com/a-coal-miner...

A week ago I wrote about NM's Gov declaring an emergency without declaring an emergency: capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-... Today she actually declared an emergency: www.governor.state.nm.us/wp-content/u... For the record, this emergency-emergency is happening b/c of the things I wrote a week ago

Something to read and ponder as some protest and others prostrate themselves. A lot of presidents left a lot to be desired: nativenewsonline.net/currents/us-...

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A week ago @govmlg.bsky.social announced that the fire season is looking bad, but didn't say why. Here's why: "Climate change is making things worse,” said Dave DuBois, New Mexico’s state climatologist. Latest for @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...

“Our forests are at a dire risk. That is part of climate change. That is daunting to think about." A warming climate — fueled in part by New Mexico's oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder, reports @jfern.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...

Well, that went poorly. Five months is longer than some Vegas marriages, but the fallout from this odd coupling has left broken agencies and - literally - bodies all over the world. @marcusbaram.bsky.social tallies the damage

Before winning first place in two events at the California Interscholastic League's Track & Field Championships, AB Hernandez read social media posts from adults protesting her participation. @cerisecastle.bsky.social caught up with one outside the stadium.

Holy cow this story. It's short. You should watch it.

@marcusbaram.bsky.social has a #DOGE update from #Texas and Musk's new backyard. via @capitalandmain.bsky.social

A company that spent 4 years lobbying to put a #hydrogen pipeline across the #NavajoNation changed its mind, switched the plan to #naturalgas, and apparently didn't tell some important people of the change capitalandmain.com/many-on-nava... My latest at @capitalandmain.bsky.social

The project also drew sharp skepticism on and off the Navajo Nation, where more than a century of industrial mineral extraction and production has failed to produce widespread economic benefits to residents. Story by @jfern.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/many-on-nava...

Wondering what #DOGE is up to beyond the Beltway headlines? Check out the new DOGE Tracker from @capitalandmain.bsky.social and compiled by @marcusbaram.bsky.social This is what the cuts look like on the ground, in people's lives capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...

Faster than forecast impacts of heating planet wreaking havoc, with record-breaking new heat, rain and ocean temperature extremes. thebulletin.org/premium/2025...

In the recently finished #NMLeg session many bills to rein in #oilandgas emissions & protect public safety were proffered - most went nowhere Meanwhile the EPA began dismantling the fed side of the enforcement equation Latest @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/in-democrati... 1/2

Ozone levels in New Mexico’s portion of the Permian Basin have exceeded Clean Air Act standards for six years now. Still, state Legislators finished their session without passing oil and gas reforms. Reporting by @jfern.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/in-democrati...

"America is and will remain the gold standard for environmental protection" - the President Great story from @audreyjcarleton.bsky.social @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Despite residents’ health complaints and community pushback, the small Van Nuys airport’s operations continue to expand, intensifying concerns about its health effects. capitalandmain.com/residents-sa...

To start the week on a (semi) positive note, a great story from fellow @capitalandmain.bsky.social reporter @audreyjcarleton.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/the-little-t... A town doing what the state and feds won't

Trump administration not beating around the Constitutional bushes anymore, just blatantly canceling billions of dollars in climate change grants issued by the Biden administration under a law approved by Congress: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

In Jan and Feb New Mexico oil and gas producers lost enough natural gas to power 12,000 homes for a year as legislators debated and dropped new reforms for the industry. Meanwhile, the state recorded record-low snowpack - i.e. zero - at 12 of 27 monitoring stations capitalandmain.com/snow-melts-d...

The Trump administration has laid off an unknown number of federal workers charged with carrying out federal rules across New Mexico. That leaves New Mexico's politicians an even bigger task of regulating the state’s most powerful, most polluting industry. capitalandmain.com/new-mexico-l...

Strange bedfellows, indeed New Mexico's Legislature heads into its midway point and #oilandgas legislation is slow-rolled by #Democrats #nmleg capitalandmain.com/in-new-mexic...

New Mexico's Legislators juggle hundreds of bills. Some of those bills would shape the industry that generates money, pollution and climate disasters. capitalandmain.com/in-new-mexic...

U.S. Interior Department announces $5.5 M for NM’s orphaned oil and gas wells sourcenm.com/briefs/u-s-i...

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"Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars" abcnews.go.com/Politics/mar... via @hcrichardson.bsky.social

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Nice. Of course the question is: why didn't this happen sooner? www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

U.S. Interior Department announces $5.5 M for NM’s orphaned oil and gas wells sourcenm.com/briefs/u-s-i...