Senior Reporter @sourcenm.com / formerly: Searchlight New Mexico, The Arizona Republic/azcentral / contact me on signal: joshuabowling.02https://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvqoqxlkb22oThe New Mexico Supreme Court shot down two environmental groups’ challenges to Project Jupiter, allowing regulatory proceedings to resume https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/17/new-mexico-supreme-court-rejects-2-project-jupiter-challenges-allows-permitting-process-to-resume/17 Sep 2026 22:19 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqoqxlkb22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvqgi6wyvs2jFormer U.S. Interior Secretary @debhaalandnm.bsky.social says she’ll sign an executive order enacting a moratorium on new large-scale data center projects on her first day in office, if elected Republican opponent Gregg Hull opposes a statewide moratorium https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/17/new-mexico-dem-governor-nominee-haaland-announces-data-center-moratorium-executive-order-if-elected/17 Sep 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqgi6wyvs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvnywyv6kk2yNM State Ethics Commission said Oracle’s Project Jupiter ad buy likely the biggest lobbying effort ever disclosed in New Mexico https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/16/new-mexico-state-ethics-commission-says-oracles-3-4m-project-jupiter-ads-sought-to-sway-permitting/16 Sep 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnywyv6kk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvld4auozk2dIn a brief blog post with few details, Google announced it was “exploring” a data center proposal in a rural New Mexico county that’s home to the oil-rich Permian Basin https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/15/google-announces-it-is-exploring-a-potential-data-center-in-rural-new-mexico-county/15 Sep 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvld4auozk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvdpryp6gc2bFor @sourcenm.com I spoke with incumbent Democrat @lujan.senate.gov and his challenger, Republican Larry Marker of Roswell, about their visions for representing New Mexico in the U.S. Senate Read our conversations here: https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/11/new-mexico-election-2026-us-senator/12 Sep 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdpryp6gc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mvaqublnek2aThe first hate crime in America following 9/11 happened in my hometown, at a convenience store I passed every day 5 years ago for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and his death, I spent time with the victim’s brother, who still sees a path to a peaceful America. Here’s the profile I wrote https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2021/09/11/reported-hate-crimes-reach-highest-point-since-2008/5758738001/11 Sep 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaqublnek2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mv74mg7oxs2c“You’re missing the most important part, which is that the person had to grant the app developer permission” to access their data,” Zuckerberg said. https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/10/new-mexico-department-of-justice-presents-mark-zuckerberg-deposition-in-states-facebook-case/10 Sep 2026 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv74mg7oxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mun64bjqz22vEnvironmental advocates fighting the Project Jupiter data center gained a new ally this week: New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/03/new-mexico-ag-backs-environmental-groups-challenging-project-jupiter-before-state-supreme-court/03 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun64bjqz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3muigzletqk2kState Rep. Andrea Romero (D-Santa Fe) also said Attorney General Raúl Torrez’s recent advice that district attorneys across the state should not hire sitting state lawmakers was an “attempt to disrupt” her work leading the state Epstein commission https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/01/new-mexico-lawmaker-resigns-from-job-with-da-accuses-ag-of-attempt-to-disrupt-epstein-commission/01 Sep 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muigzletqk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3muhvktab5c2wThe lion’s share of that water would likely go to “indirect” use, like cooling power plants that fuel the data centers, a researcher told state lawmakers this week https://sourcenm.com/2026/09/01/new-mexico-data-center-water-use-could-soar-in-coming-years-researcher-tells-state-lawmakers/01 Sep 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhvktab5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mufmyokl7c2oRepublicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday announced an investigation into allegations that federal drug enforcement agents knowingly let fentanyl cross into New Mexico. https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/31/us-house-republicans-open-probe-into-allegations-dea-let-fentanyl-flow-into-new-mexico/31 Aug 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufmyokl7c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mtzftxhhqs2tU.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told a group of reporters in Albuquerque that he started his day with a phone call to President Donald Trump, who agreed that Republican congressional challenger Greg Cunningham is “straight out of central casting.” https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/26/us-house-speaker-johnson-stumps-for-gop-congressional-hopeful-cunningham-in-albuquerque/26 Aug 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzftxhhqs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mtyue3f46k2qUsing AI in the courtroom? New Mexico’s judges have a simple request of you: “Please, don’t be dumb.” https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/26/new-mexico-judges-working-on-statewide-guidelines-for-artificial-intelligence-use-in-court/26 Aug 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyue3f46k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mtunly6jqk2oUPDATE: I spoke with outgoing hearing officer Max Shepherd this evening about why he abruptly walked away from presiding over Project Jupiter’s public air quality permit hearing Details below in the updated story https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/24/contested-new-mexico-hearing-officer-for-project-jupiter-air-quality-permit-hearing-recuses-himself/25 Aug 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtunly6jqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cosmicbowling.bsky.social/post/3mtuf7ttefk2oU.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury calls on state leaders to share detailed Project Jupiter water information https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/24/us-rep-stansbury-calls-on-new-mexico-agencies-to-provide-project-jupiter-water-information/24 Aug 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:flpm7blq2g5gevbjnjcsdoc2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuf7ttefk2o