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| A sign welcomes passersby to an “Energy Sacrifice Zone” outside of Counselor, New Mexico, on Oct. 26, 2021. The Greater Chaco region has become a flashpoint between environmental activists and the oil and gas industry, which is expanding into the oil-rich land. Credit: Jimmy Cloutier/Howard Center for Investigative Journalism |
Poisoning the Air we Breathe -- San Juan Oil and Gas Fields Poisoning Dine'
Brenda Norrell
Censored NewsA new Climate Trace map shows the places releasing the most dangerous greenhouse and toxic emissions in the world. In the Southwest, the Permian oil and gas fields, on the New Mexico and Texas border, tops the list, followed by Los Angeles and other urban areas.
The most toxic polluters in the world include the Four Corners Power Plant, San Juan Coal Mine, and Navajo Coal Mine on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico, near Farmington, N.M., according to Climate Trace data just released at COP27 in Egypt.