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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Protecting Chaco requires a commitment from ‘all levels’
Description: For more than a decade, a coalition of indigenous and environmental groups, along with archaeologists, have called for the federal government to protect the Greater Chacoan Landscape from increased oil and gas drilling.
On Sept. 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit heard oral arguments on the latest case, in which those groups challenge the Biden administration's continued adherence to a Trump-era move that approved more than 370 new drilling permits in that area.
This week, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus speaks with Theresa Pasqual, with the Pueblo of Acoma. She’s an...