em101320e/a/Climate activist Artemisio Romero y Carver, 18, with YUCCA, (Youth United for Climate Crisis Action) stands next to 327 cans of refried beans with with a label reading "Warning" and "Prodiced Water" stacked on the east side on the Roundhouse, in Santa Fe, Tuesday October 13, 2020. The cans represent the number of produced water spilled in New Mexico this year. Produced water is water that is used in hhydraulic fracturing to make oil and gas wells. The resulting water in contaminated. The display is created by members of New Energy Economy, WildEarth Guardians and YUCCA to draw attention to a report they sent to the Governor's Office on spills of produced water. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
em101320e/a/Climate activist Artemisio Romero y Carver, 18, with YUCCA, (Youth United for Climate Crisis Action) stands next to 327 cans of refried beans with with a label reading "Warning" and "Prodiced Water" stacked on the east side on the Roundhouse, in Santa Fe, Tuesday October 13, 2020. The cans represent the number of produced water spilled in New Mexico this year. Produced water is water that is used in hhydraulic fracturing to make oil and gas wells. The resulting water in contaminated. The display is created by members of New Energy Economy, WildEarth Guardians and YUCCA to draw attention to a report they sent to the Governor's Office on spills of produced water. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
Eddie Moore|Albuquerque Journal
Environmental groups staged a protest outside the Roundhouse in October. The groups stacked cans labeled “Warning: produced water” in protest of oil and gas industry spills. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal)
