@jfern.bsky.social
Jerry Redfern
Journalist covering oil, gas, politics and the climate in New Mexico for Capital & Main
Any political opinions or views expressed are personal and not the editorial positions of Capital & Main.
Journalist covering oil, gas, politics and the climate in New Mexico for Capital & Main
Any political opinions or views expressed are personal and not the editorial positions of Capital & Main.
New story:
TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate.
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TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate.
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The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New story:
TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
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TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
@capitalandmain.bsky.social
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“I mean, hell, the country’s making [them] just very, very wealthy. Why would you not put a little bit back into what you tear up?”
~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County
In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil.
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~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County
In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
capitalandmain.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“I mean, hell, the country’s making [them] just very, very wealthy. Why would you not put a little bit back into what you tear up?”
~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County
In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
~Richard Hodgson, rancher, Rio Arriba County
In this tough story, Redfern puts a very human face on NM landowners fighting Big Oil.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
File under: reasons to not be a teetotaler: Source: CBS News
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Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
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November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
File under: reasons to not be a teetotaler: Source: CBS News
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A natural gas producer is suing @capitalandmain.bsky.social over the story "Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say."
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Pennsylvania Gas Producer Sues Capital & Main Over Its Reporting on Health Risks
A lawsuit by CNX Resources Corporation accuses the news organization of defamation for quoting sources critical of an industry-written study. Capital & Main stands by its reporting and vows to fight t...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A natural gas producer is suing @capitalandmain.bsky.social over the story "Pennsylvania Gas Driller: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk. You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say."
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Worth reading:
As I am one of the climate scientists he is referring to here - and I am a scientist who decided to dedicate her life to working on climate precisely because of how unjustly it disproportionately impacts the poor and vulnerable - let me clarify my rationale and thoughts below. 🧵
Bill Gates defends contentious climate shift
"I'm glad people are listening," he said, before adding that it was hard to convey "nuanced positions nowadays."
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November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Worth reading:
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Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
WASHINGTON—Praising the process as yet another miracle of biology that modern medicine chooses to ignore, a gray-lipped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at a press conference Wednesday during which he tout...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gray-Lipped RFK Jr. Touts Body’s Natural Ability To Transmute Lead Into Gold
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Juan González, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, lived in Pasadena for three decades before a wildfire, heart attack and ICE raids got him thinking about “self-deporting” back to Mexico.
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Juan González, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, lived in Pasadena for three decades before a wildfire, heart attack and ICE raids got him thinking about “self-deporting” back to Mexico.
Um, where you gonna get that #hydrogen?
LA says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen - LA Times share.google/wx8XNsBnDCST...
LA says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen - LA Times share.google/wx8XNsBnDCST...
In controversial move, LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen
The DWP board approved an $800-million plan to convert two units at the Scattergood Generating Station in Playa Del Rey to run on green hydrogen.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Um, where you gonna get that #hydrogen?
LA says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen - LA Times share.google/wx8XNsBnDCST...
LA says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen - LA Times share.google/wx8XNsBnDCST...
Bat bombs to the rescue in #NewMexico
The Wikipedia article on bat bombs is full of crazy details. My favorite is the section euphemistically labeled “Setbacks” with a photo of a towering inferno caused by an errant bat carrying an incendiary bomb that escaped, parked itself under a fuel tank, and blew everything up.
October 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Bat bombs to the rescue in #NewMexico
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I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I think we should aim for something better than "not extinct"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/c...
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From #NewMexico:
"Not only is Donald Trump not here, not negotiating, Mike Johnson has now shut down the House for 39 consecutive days. There's no one to negotiate with. Across town, Trump is building a $300 million ballroom while he is set to let Americans starve."
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
-- @repstansbury.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From #NewMexico:
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Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change
IRL catches up with Kim Stanley Robinson...
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Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
heatmap.news
October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
IRL catches up with Kim Stanley Robinson...
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You can't not like this:
Crowds cheered as elephants smashed pumpkins at the Oregon Zoo on Oct. 16 for the annual Squishing of the Squash event.
According to the zoo, the yearly tradition dates back to 1999.
According to the zoo, the yearly tradition dates back to 1999.
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You can't not like this:
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Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found.
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Oil and Gas Companies Used Banned Toxic Chemicals Near the Rocky Mountains
One of the prohibited substances can cause cancer; new state law forced operators to identify chemicals.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Colorado oil and gas companies used toxic chemicals prohibited under state law in operations involving dozens of wells on either side of the Rocky Mountains over at least the last 18 months, a Capital & Main investigation found.
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May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
apnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
Water drugs?
Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Water drugs?
US wineries *alone* (i.e., not including retail, distro, F&B, etc.) employed ~64k people in 2022, per BLS statistics. Probably down a bit more since. The coal-mining industry *overall* employs ~40k and falling, per FRED.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Long-term improvement in statewide school nutrition could be especially important in poorer school districts and lower-income neighborhoods, where ultraprocessed foods are everywhere — and fresh, healthy food is harder to find or more expensive.
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California Moves to Curb Ultraprocessed Foods in School Cafeterias
The bill before the governor could help address nutrition gaps in neighborhoods with limited access to fresh food — and be a model for the nation.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Long-term improvement in statewide school nutrition could be especially important in poorer school districts and lower-income neighborhoods, where ultraprocessed foods are everywhere — and fresh, healthy food is harder to find or more expensive.
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Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers.
One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
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One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
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ICE Is Transferring People in Its Custody Away From Family, Lawyers
One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
capitalandmain.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Immigrants in ICE custody are being transferred to facilities further away from family and their lawyers.
One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
capitalandmain.com/ice-is-trans...
One group of detainees ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
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Here's an interesting thing via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here's an interesting thing via @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Wherein I interview a one-time #Texas oilman and learn about the massive mess left behind when his company collapsed.
It's also a glimpse into how oil wells get orphaned and how New Mexico may be on the hook for $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years.
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It's also a glimpse into how oil wells get orphaned and how New Mexico may be on the hook for $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Wherein I interview a one-time #Texas oilman and learn about the massive mess left behind when his company collapsed.
It's also a glimpse into how oil wells get orphaned and how New Mexico may be on the hook for $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
It's also a glimpse into how oil wells get orphaned and how New Mexico may be on the hook for $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years.
capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-...
In case you missed this earlier ...
Speculators in New Mexico have left the state with a $1.6B bill to clean up their dry oil wells. Besides plugging wells, the state also has to deal with tons of contaminated soil and barrels of toxic chemicals. From @jfern.bsky.social with @capitalandmain.bsky.social: trib.al/4b9ZBJv
New Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Oilfield Orphans
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.
trib.al
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In case you missed this earlier ...
Here's a thing...
After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, ICE has strapped ankle monitors to many immigrants leaving court in an apparent shift in policy to increase the surveillance of immigrants.
Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
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Story by @bgirledukate.bsky.social
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ICE Is Putting Ankle Monitors on People Who Show Up for Immigration Court Hearings
After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.
capitalandmain.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here's a thing...