New Mexico - Deceleration

Three Data Centers Could Undo the Millions El Paso and New Mexico Spent on their Climate Plans

'State regulators, state legislators were so caught off guard at the speed at which these hyperscale data centers showed up in all of our communities almost simultaneously,” said New Mexico state Rep. Sarah Silva.

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers and El Paso Matters

/ 16 Oct 2026

Three Data Centers Could Undo the Millions El Paso and New Mexico Spent on their Climate Plans

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Santa Teresa, Sunland Park residents wary of water, power use by the data center advanced by Doña Ana County last week.

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers and El Paso Matters

/ 26 Sep 2025

Open AI, Oracle to Power Massive $165B ‘Project Jupiter’ Data Center Campus Outside Parched El Paso

Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show

Apex predators are critical to healthy ecosystems. These determined biologists and wildlands advocates are out to prove that wolves and ranchers, scientists and politicians can coexist in the recovery of Mexican gray wolves.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 29 May 2025

Wolves and Humans Can Coexist, Efforts Across the U.S. Borderlands Show

Jaguar Watch: What ‘Finishing the Wall’ Means for Borderland Cats

Last week, the Trump Administration approved the first contract of its second term for new border barriers. Wildlife biologists and Indigenous rights organizers fear what comes next.

By Wendee Nicole

/ 24 Mar 2025

Jaguar Watch: What ‘Finishing the Wall’ Means for Borderland Cats

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

Traditional irrigation canals have long held communal—even ‘spiritual’—power while helping balance the water supply during droughts. But this communal system is increasingly threatened by commodication of water, growers say.

By Undark

/ 18 Oct 2024

In Climate Vulnerable New Mexico, Acequia Networks that Have Sustained Families for Generations Are Under Threat

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems

‘Misplaced Trust’ found 4.2 million acres—or 3 million football fields—in Texas land trusts that were wrested from Native peoples. Similar findings mar university holdings across the West, including New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and elsewhere.

By Tristan Ahtone

/ 14 Feb 2024

Texas A&M Holds Half of All Stolen Indigenous Lands Uncovered in Grist’s Study of Land Grant Systems