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#1 Salt Water From Gulf of Mexico Threatens Louisiana Drinking Water

Sep 26 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Salt water from the Gulf of Mexico is creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River and threatening drinking water supplies in some Louisiana communities, including New Orleans, prompting the...

#2 Federal Government Opens Two Areas in Gulf of Mexico for Wind Farms, but No Companies Bid on Leases

Aug 30 2023 // The federal government for the first time on Tuesday opened two areas in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast to build wind farms. Groups representing supply chain businesses hailed the chance for the new offshore leases...

#3 Trial in Fatal New Mexico Movie Shooting to Focus on How Live Ammunition Got on Set

Feb 15 2024 // The scheduled trial next week of a movie weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin may hinge on an enduring mystery: How did live ammunition find its way onto the set of a film set where...

#4 As Acapulco Rebuilds After Hurricane Otis, Other Mexico Resorts Urged to Heed Lessons

Nov 6 2023 // Hurricane Otis not only devastated Acapulco, but also exposed fatal weaknesses in aging infrastructure, teaching hard lessons that coastal cities throughout Mexico must draw on. As Acapulco rebuilds after the deadly...

#5 New Mexico Jury Awards $485M in Case of Girl Sexually Assaulted in Foster Care

Jul 19 2023 // A jury has awarded $485 million in damages in a civil case brought on behalf of an 8-year-old girl who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in a New Mexico foster care program. The verdict came late last week after Rio Arriba...

#6 Grand Jury Indicts Baldwin in Fatal Shooting of Cinematographer on New Mexico Set

Jan 23 2024 // A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the actor. Special prosecutors brought the...

#7 New Mexico Revoked Licenses of Cannabis Growers and Fined Them $2M for Safety, Other Violations

Jan 9 2024 // New Mexico marijuana regulators revoked the licenses of two growing operations in a rural county for numerous violations and have levied a $1 million fine against each business. One of the businesses, Native American...

#8 Judge Dismisses Lawsuit in Death of New Mexico Officer

Jul 31 2023 // A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging the Department of Homeland Security was negligent in a drug bust that resulted in the first New Mexico State Police officer killed in the line of duty in over three...

#9 Texan Whose Husband Died by Hot Tub Electrocution at Mexican Beach Resort Files Suit

Jun 17 2024 // MEXICO CITY (AP) — An American tourist was killed and his wife hospitalized after being electrocuted in a hot tub in a Mexican beach town earlier this week, an incident that prompted the family to sue the resort for...

#10 US Appeals Court Revives Mexico’s $10B Lawsuit Against Gun Maker

Jan 23 2024 // A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived a $10 billion lawsuit by Mexico seeking to hold American gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. The...

#11 Gun Makers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Mexico’s Lawsuit

Apr 19 2024 // U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold them responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug...

#12 Climate Change Amplifies Deadly Heat Wave Sweeping Across Southwestern US, Mexico

Jun 24 2024 // Human-caused climate change dialed up the thermostat and turbocharged the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America, a new flash study...

#13 Report Says ‘Poor Maintenance’ Led to Deadly Crash of Helicopter in New Mexico

Jun 19 2024 // A loss of engine power due to poor maintenance caused a 2022 helicopter crash in New Mexico that claimed the lives of four Bernalillo County first responders as they were returning home from a firefighting mission,...

#14 Oil And Gas Producer Paying Millions to New Mexico Over Pollution Concerns

Feb 21 2024 // A company has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the federal government and the state of New Mexico to address air pollution concerns in the largest oil and gas producing region in the United States. The...

#15 Forest Service Sued Over Flooding Deaths in Wake of Historic New Mexico Wildfire

Oct 25 2023 // Relatives of three people who died last year in a flash flood stemming from the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history are suing the U.S. Forest Service. The wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this month...

#16 Authorities Estimate Up to 1.1 million Gallons of Oil Discharged Into Gulf of Mexico From Louisiana Pipeline

Nov 28 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana`s southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said last week. The affected pipeline...

#17 Growing Wildfires in New Mexico Destroyed 1,400 Structures

Jun 20 2024 // A pair of wildfires in New Mexico continue to rage uncontained, destroying an estimated 1,400 structures, forcing the evacuation of more than 8,000 people, while rains also flooded parts of the state. The Salt and South...

#18 $24.5M Settlement in New Mexico over Natural Gas Flaring in Permian Basin

May 2 2024 // New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced this week is the largest...

#19 Otis Likely to Be One of Costliest Hurricanes for Mexico Insurance Market: Gallagher Re

Oct 30 2023 // Hurricane Otis is expected to be one of the costliest natural catastrophe events in Mexico’s history with initial economic losses expected to top US$10 billion, according to Gallagher Re. Further, insured losses are...

#20 Pacific and Atlantic Hurricanes Norma and Tammy Hit Mexico and Barbuda

Oct 23 2023 // Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of...