Trump goes after EPA methane pollution  
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to formally reconsider the Endangerment Finding of 2009, which allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions ...
Public land threats under another Trump administration
In his short time in office, President Trump has issued a flood of executive actions threatening gains in climate policy, renewable energy development, and environmental protection. These threats are especially evident in Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy." ...
Chapter brings students into fight against climate change
The Chapter is bringing on new grassroots activists with service learning programs in Albuquerque schools. For example, through our Land, Water and Wildlife Day and Climate Crisis Day at the Roundhouse during the legislative session ...
How to still achieve 30x30 in the Land of Enchantment
In late August 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order to protect New Mexico’s lands, watersheds, wildlife and natural heritage to help put America on the path to protecting 30 percent of our land by 2030. We check on the progress ...
Climate Adjustment Day for the Global Warming Express
Weather wreaked havoc on the GWE kids' plan to visit the Roundhouse during the 2025 legislative session. The intrepid kids from Chamisa Elementary in White Rock were able to demonstrate their concern on Climate Crisis Day ...
New Mexico Community and Environmental Groups Thank Their Federal Delegation for Standing up to Congressional Gutting of Waste Emissions Charge
Federal legislators passed a a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution in a giveaway to industry polluters. Thank your NM delegates for voting against this resolution ...
New Mexico Legislature Faces Urgent Calls to Further Address Climate Change in 2025 Session

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Monday, January 27, 2025

New Mexico Legislature Faces Urgent Calls to Further Address Climate Change in 2025 Session

Pro Tem Mimi Stewart’s Suite of Bills Seek to Address Extreme Weather Now and For Future Generations

[Santa Fe, NM] – Today, a coalition of environmental, social justice, and conservation advocates from 25 organizations across New Mexico expressed their strong support for Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart’s suite of bills that will take action on climate change: the Clear Horizons Act, the Community Benefits Fund, and the Innovation in Government Act. The Clear Horizons Act will be heard in the Senate Conservation Committee on Tuesday, January 28.

The 2024 Conservation in the West poll found that 59% of New ...

SCOTUS Upholds EPA’s Commonsense Efforts to Curb Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry
On October 4, the United States Supreme Court rejected an effort by industry polluters and their political allies to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) comprehensive Clean Air Act standards to cut methane and other harmful pollutants from the oil and gas industry ...