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New Mexico Adopts Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program

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The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted by a vote of four to three greenhouse gas reduction regulations—called the most stringent in the US—that will reduce global warming pollutants through a regional cap on greenhouse gas emissions. New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Regulation.

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NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

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This image shows a methane plume 2 miles (3 kilometers) long that NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. kilometers) long southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the Permian Basin. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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EIA: US Permian Basin oil production and resource assessments continue to increase

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As production in other regions fell throughout most of 2015 and 2016, the Permian provided a growing share of US crude oil production. The land area over the Permian Basin covers more than 75,000 square miles in 43 counties of western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. million b/d) in that month.

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GTI plans second Permian Basin field test site to maximize hydraulic fracturing efficiency and increase production

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The Permian Basin in West Texas is considered one of the largest hydrocarbon resources in the world, covering 86,000 square miles and encompassing 52 counties in New Mexico and Texas. This new work will build off HFTS1–Midland, which was also supported by DOE/NETL, along with cofunding from operators and service companies.

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2024 Hyundai Creta LIVE Updates: The most-awaited mid-size SUV lands today

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Back in 2015, Santro was the smallest Hyundai money could buy and was still faring decently well. Wheter it is the Tucson (city in the US), Kona (western district of Hawaii) or Santa Fe (city in New Mexico). 2024 Hyundai Creta LIVE Updates: Journey so far The first-generation Creta was launched in India back in 2015.

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DOE launches wave energy competition

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The judging panel will include technical experts from: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico; National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Naval Surface Warfare Center—Carderock Division, Bethesda, Maryland; and Ricardo, Inc., Participants can register through June 15, 2015.

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Algae-to-crude company Sapphire Energy pays off government loan guarantee

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million loan guarantee through the Biorefinery Assistance Program, administered by the USDA Rural Development-Cooperative Service, to build a fully integrated, algae-to-crude oil commercial demonstration facility in Columbus, New Mexico. 2009, the company was awarded a $54.5-million

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