Freer trade could help New Mexico oil and gas industry
No matter what one thinks about recent battles over Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans Pacific Partnership, freer trade would be good for New Mexico's main private sector industry (oil and gas)....
View ArticleGessing and Rep. Bill McCamley discuss 2015 Legislative activities on KRWG TV
I was recently in Las Cruces and had a chance to sit down with Fred Martino of KRWG (the public television station in Las Cruces) to discuss what happened in the 2015 legislative session and special...
View ArticleObama’s proposed BLM regulations to increase costs/harm economy
Photo by: ShutterstockThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) looms large as a land manager in the American West. Total surface acreage maintained by the BLM in my home state of New Mexico comes to 13.5...
View ArticleRio Grande Foundation Gives Obama Administration Lump of Coal for Christmas
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, December 22, 2015For further Information, Contact: Paul Gessing 505-264-6090(Albuquerque) – Today, the Rio Grande Foundation announced it is suing the Obama...
View ArticleRio Grande Foundation Comments on Economically-Damaging “Venting and Flaring”...
If you haven't heard the news, the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently held a well-attended public hearing in Farmington on the issue of "venting and flaring" of methane from natural gas...
View ArticleSandRidge Decision Another Blow to Economic Development in New Mexico
If you haven't already heard, SandRidge Energy which had applied for a permit to drill in Sandoval County, has pulled its application. Certainly, low oil and gas prices may be an issue, but so was...
View ArticleRobert Zubrin's Presentation "Merchants of Despair"
Author and scientist Robert Zubrin discusses his book "Merchants of Despair" which connects the modern environmental movement all the way back to the eugenics movement of the early 20th Century. His...
View ArticleRio Grande Foundation Launches NEW Radio Show “Tipping Point New Mexico” This...
The Rio Grande Foundation is launching a new radio show on a new home, “The Rock of Talk” 95.9FM and 1600AM. The show called “Tipping Point New Mexico” will air Saturdays weekly from noon to 3pm.Hosts...
View ArticlePutting oil/gas off-limits bad move for wrong reasons
Given the challenges facing New Mexico’s economy — and with the price of gasoline on the rebound — we at the Rio Grande Foundation expressed our view that the citizens and political leadership in...
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