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Capital & Main
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Jerry Redfern

In New Mexico’s Oil Country, People Ask: What Happened to Our Water and Air?

A flare operated by Novo Oil & Gas burns natural gas along the Pecos River near Loving, New Mexico. Photos by Jerry Redfern for Capital & Main.

“Nobody ever worried about water when I was growing up.”

Diane Denish, New Mexico’s lieutenant governor from 2003 to 2011, was reminiscing during a chat on her front patio in Albuquerque. Birds chirped and mature trees shaded her home. A nearby park offered five acres of green grass and trees, keeping signs of the state’s ongoing drought at bay.

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