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Letter: New Mexicans have more to be thankful for this Tax Day By: Paige Knight

Paige Knight | April 15

This Tax Day, we all have much to be thankful for as we consider the bounty of public goods and services that are made possible with our tax dollars. These include a school system that offers a free education to every child, the roads and other transportation infrastructure that make it possible for us to move about our cities and state, the first responders who keep our communities safe, no or low-cost health care coverage for a majority of New Mexicans, our plentiful parks, libraries, museums and so much more.

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Op-ed: Effects of oil and gas on New Mexicans’ health

Paige Knight | June 10

The natural beauty found throughout the Land of Enchantment has so much to offer our children while they grow and develop. Our youngest New Mexicans should also have equitable access to clean air and a healthy environment while they do so. But unfortunately, because so many families in our state live, work, and go to school near oil and gas facilities, that access is anything but equitable.

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Opinion

LETTER: New Mexico’s children deserve a landscape free of orphaned wells

Paige Knight | March 28

As proud New Mexicans, we know our state has the best scenery and natural beauty in the nation. While we want to keep it that way, that’s hard to when our landscape is dotted with old, pollution-spewing orphaned oil wells. With New Mexico being the second-largest oil-producing state in the country, we’ve been stuck with a multitude of orphaned wells. When the companies who drilled and profited from the wells don’t take responsibility for capping and cleaning them, the rest of us end up footing the bill. The federal government is distributing money for orphaned well cleanup from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which will be a big help.

Letter: New Mexicans have more to be thankful for this Tax Day By: Paige Knight

Op-ed: Effects of oil and gas on New Mexicans’ health

LETTER: New Mexico’s children deserve a landscape free of orphaned wells

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