February 11, 2026. As the Trump administration moves to rescind the EPA’s Endangerment Finding, NM lawmakers face an urgent decision of their own. With federal climate protections being dismantled, the Clear Horizons Act (SB18) represents the state’s best opportunity to ensure long-term planning, protect families from rising costs driven by extreme weather and harmful pollution, and hold major polluters accountable here at home. SB18 will be heard on the Senate floor today ...
On February 7, the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee advanced the Clear Horizons Act (SB 18) on a 6-4 vote, moving New Mexico closer to a long-term planning framework that provides certainty for businesses, protects family budgets, and supports stable economic growth across the state ...
New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light announced "A Pilgrimage for Our Shared Home," a 320-mile walk from the Carlsbad, New Mexico in the Permian Basin to the State Capitol in Santa Fe. The pilgrimage will bear witness to communities suffering from climate impacts and join the call throughout the state to enact bold policies to protect people and the planet ...
On January 22, lawmakers formally introduced the Clear Horizons Act (Senate Bill 18), a plan to provide long-term planning, stability, and accountability from the harmful effects of polluting industries. As New Mexican families continue to face rising costs associated with the waste and byproducts of polluting industries, leaders in Santa Fe are responding with actionable legislation ...
On Oct. 30, the Bureau of Land Management sent notification to tribal governments that it would begin the process of revoking the buffer ...
The upcoming year and its 30-day legislative sessionh will be last for Governor Luján Grisham. This administration, legislature and grassroots supporters have achieved so much, from decriminalizing abortion to establishing free pre-K, all while stabilizing impacts from the boom-and-bust fossil fuel economy and protecting us from global collapse. Here’s what to expect in the upcoming session ...
D. Reed Eckhardt
Editor, The Rio Grande Sierran
dreed1969@msn.com
After more than two hours of impassioned public comment, the Water Control Commission reversed its earlier decision to begin rulemaking aimed at nullifying a ban on the discharge of toxic oil and gas wastewater into New Mexico surface and ground water. The 7-4 vote on Nov. 13 resets a process that was launched by the oil and gas industry after the discharge of waste liquids outside of the industry was prohibited by rule for five years.
“New Mexicans put their trust in the commission to base its decisions, without interference, on technical expertise and independent science.” — Dale Doremus, The Sierra Club / Rio Grande Chapter
The commission in May voted ...
At the Water and Natural Resources Interim Committee hearing in Santa Fe, scientists, economists, and policy leaders told lawmakers that New Mexico is paying a steep price for rising temperatures from higher insurance premiums and shrinking water supplies to the mounting costs of rebuilding after fires and floods ...
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