Feds challenge border wall well lawsuit, Pecos River faces threats & more
A new investigation from Capital & Main shows that climate change, water demands and oil and gas development are threatening the future of the Pecos River.
The state expects the river's water supply to decline by at least a quarter over the next 50 years. Hannah Riseley-White is the director of the state's Interstate Stream Commission. She said that one factor is decreasing snowpack in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, home to the river's headwaters. Last winter's snowpack was especially concerning.
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A New Mexico lawsuit against the Trump administration faced a setback earlier this month. The…
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