Farmington printing business repurposes to manufacture protective masks
Mike Easterling, Farmington Daily Times | March 31, 2020
The process of developing and selling a new product — coming up with an idea, designing and producing a prototype, testing it, marketing it, and manufacturing a finished version — is one that typically takes months, if not years.
Read moreChevron Donates $230,000 to COVID-19 Response in Permian Basin
CHEVRON PRESS RELEASE | March 27, 2020
Chevron is contributing $230,000 across Permian Basin nonprofits responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations receiving funding include the West Texas Food Bank and Eddy and Lea County United Ways.
Read moreOil giants set health checks for critical staff, work-from-home rules
Major energy companies in the United States imposed work-from-home rules for office staff and began health checks for remote or critical workers as coronavirus spread and threatened an industry reeling from falling demand and profits.
Frack Ban Would Cost Up To 7.5MM Jobs in 2022
Andreas Exarheas, Rigzone | March 3, 2020
Banning federal leasing and fracking on public and private lands would cost up to 7.5 million American jobs in 2022 alone, lead to a cumulative GDP loss of $7.1 trillion by 2030 and cut household incomes by $5,400 annually.
Fracking Ban Would Hurt Environment
Nicolas Loris, The Daily Signal | February 22, 2020
If a policymaker proposed banning cars and trucks or reducing the speed limit to 5 mph to reduce traffic fatalities, he or she would be laughed off the stage. Such a policy ignores the benefits of driving and disregards how people accept risk and trade-offs in their lives.
Study: Fracking ban would 'devastate' U.S., New Mexico economy, cost millions of jobs
Adrian Hedden, Carlsbad Current-Argus | February 28, 2020
A ban on hydraulic fracturing would not only impact the oil and gas industry, but every other business in the U.S., reported a new study from the American Petroleum Institute (API).