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Fighting for Environmental Justice: The Detrimental Impact of Big Oil and Gas on New Mexico’s Indigenous Communities

In northern New Mexico, the Navajo and Pueblo native tribes face constant public health and environmental risks due to land leases for oil drilling on local public lands. Although fracking has been permitted for decades in this region, in 2010, new technologies allowed oil companies to drill deeper than ever before, revitalizing the potential for […]