EDS: Clients who used a Howard Center for Investigative Journalism story slugged “Gaslit: New Mexico” are asked to run the following clarification. The story was moved by Cronkite News on Saturday, Feb. 26, under a COUNSELOR, New Mexico, dateline. The error occurred in the 30th graf of the original. An updated version of the story has been posted here.

COUNSELOR, New Mexico – A Feb. 26 story by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism about New Mexico’s regulation of the oil and gas industry was unclear about when the Oil Conservation Division was re-authorized to issue fines. The legislature reinstated that authority in 2019, and it took effect in 2020.