by Joey Keefe | Jul 24, 2026 | 2026 News Release
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has issued a lease for a wind farm repower in Chaves and Roosevelt counties following a public auction. Clearway Energy Group (“Clearway”) submitted a bid of $1.5 million at a public auction June...
by Joey Keefe | Jul 23, 2026 | News
By Stephanie Garcia Richard | New Mexico Land Commissioner President Donald Trump doesn’t want our voices to be heard. So we need to speak louder. The Trump administration recently announced an intentionally minimal 14-day period for the public to weigh in on his...
by Joey Keefe | Jul 23, 2026 | 2026 News Release
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard announced today that there are now zero wells participating in a program created by state law in 1994 that subsidized low-producing but high-emitting oil and gas wells – also known in the industry...
by Joey Keefe | Jul 16, 2026 | 2026 News Release
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands Stephanie Garcia Richard released the following statement today in response to the Trump administration’s continued efforts to end federal protections in the 10-mile buffer zone surrounding Chaco Canyon National...
by Joey Keefe | Jul 15, 2026 | 2026 News Release
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard has again denied a request to run a portion of a natural gas pipeline through state lands to service the controversial Project Jupiter data center in southern New Mexico. In a letter dated July 14,...
