NEW YORK, July 18 -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following statement on July 17, 2026: * * * Statement: New Mexico proposes to strengthen methane rules and enhance super emitter program SANTA FE, N.M. -- Yesterday, the New Mexico Environment Department proposed a new methane abatement rule that would strengthen the state's response to oil and gas methane pollution through two key measures: establishing a super-emitter response program that allows certified third parties to report major methane events detected with approved tech more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Introduces Legislation and Grid Initiative Aimed at Delivering Cheap, Reliable Power to Working Families and Businesses * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Grid Connection and Congestion Management Act, which would require grid operators to establish a fast-track process for connecting new energy projects to the electric grid, red more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Leads Colleagues in Urging Senate Committees to Regulate Prediction Markets, Protect Tribal Sovereignty & States' Rights * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) led U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Gary Peter more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich Statement on Trump's Attempts to Manufacture Distractions From His War With Iran, High Gas Prices, & the Skyrocketing Cost of Everyday Essentials * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) released the following statement reacting to President Trump's Oval Office address where the president attacked American elections and set the groundwork for denying the results of the 2026 midterm elections, instead of addressing his rol more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Leger Fernandez Lead New Mexico & Texas Democrats to Introduce Legislation Reversing Rate Cuts for Veterans' Essential Homecare Services * U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) led New Mexico and Texas congressional Democrats in introducing the Protecting Home-Based Care for Rural Veterans Act, legislation to reverse the Trump administration's cuts to reimbursement rates for es more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Leger Fernandez, Heinrich Lead New Mexico & Texas Democrats to Introduce Legislation Reversing Rate Cuts for Veterans' Essential Homecare Services * WASHINGTON -U.S. Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.) and U.S. led New Mexico and Texas congressional Democrats in introducing the Protecting Home-Based Care for Rural Veterans Act, legislation to reverse the Trump administration's cuts to reimbursement rates for essential homeca more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on the Passing of Senator Lindsey Graham * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement on the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham: "Terrible news this morning. Senator Graham spent his life serving our country, first in the Air Force and later in Congress. He was committed to public service. "My prayers are with Senator Graham's family, friends, staff, and the people of South Carolina. more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan Statement on Trump's Attempt to Undermine Confidence in U.S. Elections * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's attempt to undermine free and fair elections in his address to the nation: "Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. He's still selling the same lies that led to a violent insurrection five years ago. He would rather relitigate the 2020 election than a more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Blumenthal, Wyden Demand FTC Action on Hidden Delivery Fees That Drive Up Prices for Consumers "At a time when the cost of living is at the forefront of everyone's minds, these delivery app fees are nothing more than a greedy assault on consumers' pocketbooks." - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to take swift action to stop food and grocer more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Merkley, Massie, Khanna, Leger Fernandez Introduce the Epstein Files Transparency Act II * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, legislation that gives standing to state attorneys general, the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators, and members of Congress to challenge the Department of Justice (DOJ) in court for the DOJ's failure to more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Welch, Schiff, Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Legislation Imposing Gift Ban on Supreme Court Justices * Legislation Cracks Down on Lavish Gifts to Supreme Court Justices With $50 Limit Aligning Ethics Rules With Congress, Other Judges, and Federal Officials Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Peter Welch (D-VT), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced the High Court Gift Ban Act, legislation to close a glaring ethics more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Responds to Trump Administration Actions to Undo Chaco Canyon Protections * U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to the news that the Trump administration is proposing to fully revoke a 20-year mineral withdrawal that has protected public land more PR

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * N.M. Delegation Responds to Trump Administration Actions to Undo Chaco Canyon Protections * U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) released the following statement in response to the news that the Trump administration is proposing to fully revoke a 20-year mineral withdrawal that has protected public lands  more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 17 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NM FAST hosts workshop on defense contractor compliance, CMMC safeguarding requirements * WRITER: Alejandro Najera-Acosta, a_najera@nmsu.edu SOURCE: Carlos Murguia, cmurguia@nmsu.edu NM FAST is hosting a free workshop designed to help New Mexico-based technology startups and small businesses understand the federal compliance requirements and safeguarding standards required for working with Department of Defense contractors. The work more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 17 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU graduate umpires Little League Baseball World Series * Raymy Brown, a 1979, 1980 and 1982 New Mexico State University graduate, doesn't believe in sitting on the sidelines. He was an umpire at the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in August 2025. The selection as a World Series umpire is the highest honor given to Little League umpires. "I do what I do to serve my community and to serve as a role mo more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, July 16 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU's Atomic Aggies take off at annual competition * WRITER: Allison Brady, engr_media@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University's Atomic Aggies saw a successful launch at the 2026 International Rocket Engineering Competition, the largest international rocketry competition in the world. Every year, colleges from across the globe send their rocketry teams to compete in the event hosted by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association. This  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 17 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * President Steve Goldstein begins first days at UNM by listening, learning and connecting * When Dr. Steve Goldstein officially began his tenure as the 24th president of The University of New Mexico on Wednesday, July 15, he spent his first two days doing exactly what he said he would do: listening, learning and connecting with the people who make UNM extraordinary. ASUNM leaders welcome President Steve Goldstein to UNM. Across his first day more PR

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Vasquez Statement on President's Primetime Address to the Nation * WASHINGTON, D.C. - On July 16, 2026, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) released the following statement in response to the President's primetime address to the nation: "New Mexicans are suffering from the President's failed economic policy -from skyrocketing gas prices to higher grocery costs to inflated healthcare -and the President is still focused on denying t more PR

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 17 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on July 16, 2026: * * * Increased Grizzly Bear Killing Under Proposed Rule Would Harm Species Recovery Proposed rule retains 'threatened' status for grizzlies under the Endangered Species Act - MISSOULA, Mont. - Yesterday, the Trump Administration released a proposed rule to weaken Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for grizzly bears by handing significant management authority over to hostile state governments in the northern Rockies. Grizzly bears more PR