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Tipoffs for Santa Fe (New Mexico+Environment) Newsletter for Friday December 05, 2025 ( 8 items )  

Earthworks: Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- Earthworks issued the following news release: * * * Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry * Unlawful Delay Ignores Health Risks, Energy Waste, Widespread Opposition (Washington, D.C. - December 4, 2025) Health, environment, and community groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump EPA's rushed and unlawful f  more

Environmental Defense Fund: Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry * (Washington, D.C. - December 4, 2025) Health, environment, and community groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump EPA's rushed and unlawful final rule to delay protections against methane pollution   more

Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 26 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth reverse DoD's decision to delay the cleanup of per-and polyfluoro  more

Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich, Lujan Demand Trump Administration Stop Stalling PFAS Cleanups, Protect Military Families and Nearby Communities in New Mexico * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined 26 Senate Democrats to send a letter demanding that U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth reverse DoD's decision to delay the cleanup of per-and polyfluoroal  more

New massive duck-billed dinosaur species identified
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Dec. 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * New massive duck-billed dinosaur species identified * CENTER VALLEY, Pa. There's a new dinosaur species on the block. An international team, including a biologist from Penn State Lehigh Valley, discovered that a 75-million-year-old fossil classified as a different dinosaur is its own massive, duck-billed species. Working with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, the team nam  more

Officials in Mexico recognize NMSU's Fabian Garcia
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 4 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * Officials in Mexico recognize NMSU's Fabian Garcia * The state of Chihuahua has recognized New Mexico State University horticultural pioneer Fabian Garcia as a "Chihuahuense Distinguido" for his scientific legacy, social contributions and role in the development of commercial agriculture in New Mexico and the region. On Nov. 12, in Chihuahua City, Mauro Parada Munoz, secretary of rural dev  more

Penn State-Lehigh Valley: Massive Duck-billed Dinosaur Species Identified
CENTER VALLEY, Pennsylvania, Dec. 5 (TNSjou) -- Pennsylvania State University Lehigh Valley campus issued the following news: * * * New massive duck-billed dinosaur species identified Discovery team member D. Edward Malinzak, assistant teaching professor of biology at Penn State Lehigh Valley, incorporates identification methods into learning experience for students By Ryan Abramson, Mary Kate Maguire and Sara Kardish CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- There's a new dinosaur species on the block. An in  more

Sierra Club: Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Groups File Lawsuit Challenging Trump EPA Final Rule That Delays Methane Pollution Protections from Oil and Gas Industry * Washington, DC - Health, environment, and community groups have filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Trump EPA's rushed and unlawful final rule to delay protections against methane pollution from the oil and gas industry. T  more