Destiny Ray, right, of YouthUnited for Climate Crisis Action, speaks at a rally outside the New Mexico Statehouse against rules for the treatment and recycling of oil-industry fracking water, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. Environmental officials in the nation's No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil-industry fracking water. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal. The state's Water Quality Control Commission opened a weeklong series of hearings on Monday, May 13. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Protesters gather outside the New Mexico Statehouse to denounce a proposed rule for the treatment and recycling of oil-industry fracking water, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. Environmental officials in the nation's No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil-industry fracking water. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal. The state's Water Quality Control Commission opened a weeklong series of hearings on Monday, May 13. (AP Photos/Morgan Lee)
Members of the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, including Chairman Bruce Thomson, center, gather in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, May 13, 2024. Environmental officials in the nation's No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil-industry fracking water. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Andrew Knight, an attorney for the New Mexico Environment Department, introduces proposed rules for regulating the treatment and reuse of oil industry fracking water in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, May 13, 2024. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal. The state's Water Quality Control Commission opened a weeklong series of hearings on Monday. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
Members of the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission, including Chairman Bruce Thomson, second from left, gather in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, May 13, 2024. Environmental officials in the nation's No. 2 state for petroleum production are taking initial steps toward regulating the treatment and reuse of oil-industry fracking water. New Mexico has been grappling with scarce water supplies, and fossil fuel producers are confronting shrinking opportunities for water disposal. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)