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Tipoffs for Santa Fe (New Mexico+Environment) Newsletter for 2026-07-31 ( 5 items )  
As New Mexico Opens Carbon Storage Rule Hearing, WildEarth Guardians Warns State Is Expanding Underground Waste Disposal While Struggling to Police Existing Oil and Gas Waste (10)
SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 30 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * As New Mexico Opens Carbon Storage Rule Hearing, WildEarth Guardians Warns State Is Expanding Underground Waste Disposal While Struggling to Police Existing Oil and Gas Waste Commission rejected legal challenge before hearing; advocates say state should fix oversight failures before assuming responsibility for permanent carbon waste disposal - The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) this week begins a public hearing on proposed rules gove more PR

Enhanced Geothermal Systems Commercialization Topic of White Paper From CRS (10)
WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13278) on July 28, 2026, by energy policy analyst Morgan Smith: * * * Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Commercialization Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) use directional drilling and hydraulic stimulation technologies to add porosity and fluid circulation to locations of naturally occurring underground heat to create conditions necessary for geothermal energy production. Related closed-loop systems use some of the same techn more PR

Food and Water Watch: Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion (10)
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion If built, West River mega-dairy would be Minnesota's largest, producing over 200 million gallons of waste, 66,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually - St. Paul, MN -- Today, Food & Water Watch and the Land Stewardship Project sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) over the state's June 23 decision to forgo an Environmental  more PR

Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion (10)
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- FarmSTAND posted the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Groups Sue MN Over Failure To Consider Environmental Impacts of Riverview Mega-Dairy Expansion If built, West River mega-dairy would be Minnesota's largest, producing over 200 million gallons of waste, 66,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually - Today, Food & Water Watch and the Land Stewardship Project sued the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) over the state's June 23 decision to forgo an Environmental Impact Statement for Riverview' more PR

Md. A.G. Brown Urges the EPA to Implement Meaningful Permitting Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash Facilities (10)
BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 31 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 30, 2026: * * * Attorney General Brown Urges the EPA to Implement Meaningful Permitting Requirements for Toxic Coal Ash Facilities Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of six attorneys general in opposing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to implement a lax federal permit program for the disposal of coal combustion residual, also known as coal ash. The EPA's proposed permit program could all more PR