New Mexico lawmakers debate requiring 'setbacks' to create distance between schools and oil and gas wells

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Are oil and gas wells too close to schools in New Mexico? That’s the question lawmakers are debating after learning that more than a hundred schools are located less than a mile from pump jacks. On Monday, lawmakers were divided on whether stricter regulations are needed. “There are 119 schools within half a […]



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