CCFF in the News

 Carlsbad Current Argus, April 8, 2021 'It doesn't feel like home anymore." Locals fight oil and gas' impact on Carlsbad area  Quotes Kayley Shoup

Carlsbad Current Argus, Feb 11, 2021, Letters to the Editor by Keyley Shoup (Please fund New Mexico;s regulatory agencies) and Penny Aucoin (funding for regulatory agencies a necessity)

National Geographic, Feb. 3, 2021 "Oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk"  Read Article

Capital and Main, Jan. 28, 20210 (Reprinted in New Mexico Political Report,  Jan 31, 2021) "New Mexico families in oil and gas ‘waste zone’ seek help" "About 129,000 people live amid more than 20,000 wells actively churning out oil and gas in this panthecake-flat stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert. Despite state regulations that require operators to report accidents, what triggered them, and how much oil, gas and water were lost or spilled, it’s not clear operators always file those reports."

Carlsbad Current Argus, Jan. 7, 2021  WPX settles with family over oil and gas watewater spill in January 2020

The New Mexico Political Report,  Jan. 7, 2021 WPX settles with family over produced water spill Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl George reached a settlement with the oil company WPX Energy over a pipe burst in early 2020 that drenched the family’s yard, pets and livestock with produced water.

Capital & Main/Santa Fe Reporter,  Dec. 8, 2020: Can New Mexico Field Enough Inspectors to Curb Its Massive Methane Leaks?In the state’s oil patches, inspections lag as production—and pollution—rebound.

Carlsbad Current-Argus, Nov. 13, 2020, Permian Basin oil and gas emissions in New Mexico worry environmentalists amid COVID-19  Article quoting Nathalie Eddy 

Wake Up Call’s MK Mendoza speaks with Melissa Troutman Research and Policy Analyst for Earthworks.org about recent concerns surrounding radioactive waste coming from the Oil and Gas Industry.  October 2020   Listen to radio interview     Read more from Earthworks

  

The Richard Eeds Show Sep. 23, 2020  A radio interview with Liliana Castillo of Climate Advocates Voces Unidas (CAVU) on the Unearthed 2020 video, Citizens Caring of the Future, and the work on  oil and gas policy statewide.

 

Carlsbad Current Argus  Sep. 15, 2020 A Note on the Nuclear Waste Industry (Rev. Gene Harbaugh, CCFF Leader, Letters to the Editor)

 

Carlsbad Current Argus Sep. 3, 2020 New Mexico finalizes oil and gas wastewater regulations, lawmakers hear testimony (Rev. Nick King Quoted)

 

Truthout, Sept. 3, 2020  Fracking Company has made it rain toxic water upon New Mexico without penalty (Penny & Dee quoted)

 

Associated Press, Aug. 24, 2020  Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic

New Mexico Political Report,  Aug. 19, 2020  Dereliction of duty: 1.6 million gallons of produced water spilled so far in 2020 (Penny’s story told)

 

Carlsbad Current-Argus, Aug. 13, 2020  New Mexico Environment Department's ozone air monitor in Carlsbad shut down for most of July (Gene, Anthony & Dee quoted)

 

Carlsbad Current-Argus, Aug. 7, 2020 New Mexico oil and gas methane regulations criticized for 'loop holes' (Nick qouted)

 

 Carlsbad Current-Argus, Aug. 4, 2020 Letter to the Editor: Safeguard our natural resources (Penny Aucoin, author)

Sierra Magazine, July 29, 2020 A Long Sunset for Big Oil,

Carlsbad Current Argus. July 9, 2020 Rev. Rogers: New Mexico's Reliance on Oil & Gas Could Have Dire Consequences (Rev. David Rogers, author)

Searchlight NM. July 1. Hitting Home - The pandemic in Carlsbad, NM. (5-minute video featuring Dee George, Penny Aucoin and Rev. Dave Rogers)

Searchlight NM. July 1. Hitting Home - Carlsbad (Dee George & Penny Aucoin quoted, Rev. Rogers pictured)

Carlsbad Current Argus. June 29. Letters to the Editor: Dignity of land (written by Rev. Gene Harbaugh, CCFF Leader)

Carlsbad Current Argus. June 27. Carlsbad locals take oversight of Permian Basin oil and gas pollution into their own hands (Rev. Nick King and Rev. Gene Harbaugh, CCFF Leaders - quoted)

Carlsbad Current Argus. June 12. NM to extend relief for shut in oil wells by another year amid COVID-19. (Rev. David Rogers, CCFF Leader - quoted)

Carlsbad Current Argus. June 6.  Letter to the Editor: Focus on our communities in the Legislative session (all 9 CCFF Leaders joined in writing & signature)