Friday, August 9, 2002 Groups Protest N.M. Drilling By Tania Soussan Journal Staff Writer Provisions of a House energy bill now before congressional negotiators would allow unprecedented oil and gas drilling in sensitive areas of New Mexico, conservationists said this week. A coalition of 17 groups — including the Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife, the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, the San Juan Citizen's Alliance and Forest Guardians — released a report detailing the potential impacts of the bill. They called on Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and others to kill several provisions in the energy bill passed by...