The first real American industry to stretch across the windswept plains, the first to practice a trade across what is now known as the Permian Basin of Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, was cattle and ranching. For so many years, fences didn’t separate grazing grounds or cattle train routes. There was nothing but geography itself, most notably no great regulatory … [Read More]
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Energy in the Crosshairs
With Legislative sessions beginning in both Santa Fe, N.M., and Austin, Texas, and the early days of the Biden Administration taking shape, it is clear that domestic … [Read More]
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Talking Dust with Dusty
This month’s topic is absolutely pertinent and timely. Normally it is a sleep-inducer of a topic, the reason being that its ramifications are long term, as opposed … [Read More]
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Changing Landscape
It might be said that any land person still breathing and eating in the first quarter of 2021 is either a few pounds lighter or must have won the lottery. That’s because, in an oil price downturn, especially one as sudden and deep as the 2020 model, land … [Read More]
Mergers, Acquisitions, Furloughs, Layoffs—and your Employees
This month, I am highlighting the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (WARN Act). If your company staffs fewer than 100 employees, this law does not apply to you, but just the same it is better to treat your employees well when you sell … [Read More]
De-mystifying ESG
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, released in 1962, is considered the starting point of environmental awareness for the general public. That book was focused on overuse of pesticides and their effect on bird populations—hence the “silence” Carson saw coming to … [Read More]
