Andrea Felix, vice president of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Assn. (NMOGA), said other sources of emissions, such as cars and trucks, are likely a larger source of air quality problems near wells.

In New Mexico, oil and gas companies employ thousands of workers. But those benefits may come at a cost for thousands of students whose schools sit near oil and gas pipelines, wellheads and flare ...

And it’s not just New Mexico where this is a risk. An AP analysis of data from the Global Oil and Gas Extraction Tracker found over 1,000 public schools across 13 states that are within five ...

In the most recent fiscal year, oil and gas revenue supported $1.7 billion in K-12 spending in New Mexico, according to a NMOGA report. Officials with Loving Municipal Schools are also skeptical ...

Natural gas has become a go-to fuel for power plants from coast to coast, sometimes replacing dirtier coal-fired plants and, by extension, improving air quality. In New Mexico, oil and ...

But those benefits may come at a cost for thousands of students in New Mexico whose schools sit near pipelines, wellheads and flare stacks. An Associated Press analysis found 694 oil and gas wells ...