Today (June 18, 2025) the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that New Mexico and Texas, and groups like the Sierra Club, did not have the right to challenge Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses for “interim” high-level nuclear waste storage facilities in their respective states. The NRC denied intervention for these entities in the licensing process and therefore the court claimed that the states did not have the right to challenge the license ...
In a powerful show of widespread support for public lands, environmental protections, and responsible land stewardship, hundreds of New Mexicans signed onto a letter sent to the entire New Mexico congressional delegation, thanking them for their leadership in pushing back against renewed threats to public lands from the Trump administration and its Congressional allies ...
A powerful coalition of over 80 organizations—from Indigenous and frontline community groups to national environmental organizations, faith leaders, farmers, health professionals, scientists, and small business owners—joined thousands of individuals today in delivering a clear message to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): stop auctioning off public lands to oil and gas corporations ...
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) adopted a rule that prohibits the discharge of “produced water” to New Mexico’s ground and surface waters ...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released its portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill that will harm Americans in a variety of ways from gutting Medicaid to slashing programs that protect clean air and water. This legislation includes a repeal of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program’s (MERP) funding and delays the implementation of its Waste Emissions Charge for 10 years ...
Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which would permanently ban new federal mineral leasing within a 10-mile buffer of Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...
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 ...
March 19 - the Clear Horizons New Mexico coalition of 35 organizations and businesses across New Mexico, applauds the House of Representatives for passing the Community Benefit Fund (Senate Bill 48) ...
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