On this episode of the Landscape, Kate and Aaron are joined by filmmaker Annie Ersinghaus, rancher Don Schreiber, and Gail Evans, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, to talk about the impact poorly regulated oil and gas extraction has on New Mexico’s environment. Gail and Don appear in Annie’s new film, The Land of Sacrifice: The Burden of New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Extraction.

• Hundreds of Joshua trees were scorched during the shutdown – Los Angeles Times
• Wealthy Ranchers Profit from Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick up the Tab  – High Country News/Propublica
• Sheep Creek mine public meeting draws comments, concerns in Hamilton – KPAX News

• Watch The Land of Sacrifice: The Burden of New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Extraction

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