AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoProject Jupiter Water & Air Concerns: Doña Ana County commissioners moved to create a Community Monitoring Committee for Oracle’s hyperscale AI data center near Santa Teresa, as residents pressed for stronger oversight of water and other impacts. Data Center Pushback in Southern NM: A separate Grant County air-quality permit notice for a natural-gas-powered data center triggered a fast local scramble for details and opposition. Colorado River Uncertainty: A new analysis warns proposed federal Colorado River cuts to Arizona, California and Nevada would be “unprecedented,” with major economic fallout and no historical analogy for the scale. El Niño Winter Outlook: Climate experts say a strengthening El Niño could bring a wetter-than-normal winter to New Mexico, boosting mountain snow but raising localized flood and standing-water risks. Wildfire Recovery in the Pecos Wilderness: The Frijoles Fire is mostly contained, but crews are shifting to post-fire assessment and watershed protection to reduce erosion and downstream impacts. Hungry Bears, More Conflicts: Drought-driven food shortages are pushing bears into homes and cars across the Rockies, with New Mexico reporting record human-bear encounters. Wolf Protections Rollback: Opinion coverage says recent federal actions effectively weaken habitat protections for threatened wildlife, including the Gunnison sage-grouse and wolves.
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