New study could allow oil and gas companies into Chaco Canyon land in New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Activists are scrambling after an environmental study was released that could reopen more than 300,000 acres of land around Chaco Canyon to oil and gas companies. On Wednesday, the BLM released an environmental assessment that outlines the potential repercussions after the cancellation of a public land order. The order put a 20-year [...]