President Biden Reaffirms Investments in Clean Energy Jobs in New Mexico
Conservation Voters New Mexico applauds President Joseph Biden for visiting New Mexico and the greater Southwest to tout his climate and conservation achievements and reaffirm his administration’s commitment to a just energy transition. His visit comes ahead of the August 16th anniversary of the signing of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). He was joined by Governor Michaell Lujan Grisham, Senator Martin Heinrich, and Senator Ben Ray Luján. He was also joined by the CEO of Arcosa Wind Towers in Belen, a small town about 30 minutes south of Albuquerque, where the event was held ...
Week of URGENT climate action
As we leave summer behind (and hopefully the heat) we find ourselves with an array of actions to help do our part to curb the intensity of climate change that is so ever present in our lives ...
Clean Cars, Trucks standards save lives, money

BY NM CLEAN AIR COALITION

Update! Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on July 3 announced that her administration would propose Clean Cars and Trucks rules this month to the Environmental Improvement Board. The administration filed the petition on Friday, July 7. 

A  broad coalition of New Mexico climate, environmental-justice and business groups is advocating for the state to adopt Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks standards by the end of 2023 to save lives and money and create climate solutions in New Mexico.The standards would limit air pollution from vehicle tailpipes and require auto and truck manufacturers to deliver an increasing number of zero-emission electric vehicles for sale in the region, providing considerable consumer savings on gas and maintenance.

New studies have ...

GREAT NEWS: NM Supreme Court affirms rejection of PNM's coal-plant transfer

For immediate release: July 6, 2023

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On Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed the Public Regulation Commission’s order denying PNM’s application to transfer its interest in the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant to the owner of the coal mine supplying the plant.  The court rejected all of PNM’s arguments and affirmed the commission’s decision in its entirety. Sierra Club had intervened on the side of the commission after strongly advocating at the PRC for denial of the transfer of ownership and consideration of the prudence of PNM investments in the plant. 

The Sierra Club supported the commission’s decision because PNM’s proposal would have kept the Four Corners coal-fired power plant polluting ...

Electrify New Mexico!

Electrify New Mexico!
Wondering what in the world a heat pump is, and which kinds are best for New Mexico? Want to know why waiting until the end of the year is a bad time to install solar in New Mexico? Concerned about health-harming gases in your kitchen? Want an EV, but don’t like the choices available for purchase? Use the 350NewMexico website for these and more answers ...
Advocates Demand “Phasing Out Fossil Fuels” As Part of Proposed BLM Public Lands Rule
As the Bureau of Land Management holds its second of three in-person public meetings to promote the Department of Interior’s proposed Public Lands Rule, New Mexicans rallied in front of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque to unfurl a 20-foot banner reading “Phase Out Federal Fossil Fuels: Biden Keep Your Promise on Public Lands and Waters” highlighting the mounting demands to address the legacy of fossil fuel sacrifice zones in New Mexico as a result of the continued fossil fuel leasing and drilling across public and ancestral tribal lands ...
Greater Chaco Coalition provides a guide for initiative to truly "Honor Chaco"
The Greater Chaco Coalition shared recommendations on how the Department of Interior can ensure the initiative produces timely, durable outcomes that advance environmental justice. Using a new collaborative process, the Honoring Chaco Initiative is intended to bring federal agencies, Tribes, advocacy groups, and stakeholders together to address the need for lasting landscape-level management of the Greater Chaco Landscape ...