A statewide coalition of 31 organizations across New Mexico, applauds the Senate Conservation Committee for passing the Community Benefit Fund, made up of Senate Bills 48 and 49 ...
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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 ...
On his first day in office, President Trump announced a slew of devastating attempts to harm our air, water, and communities. We must work tirelessly during the current legislative session to defend the safety and security of our communities ...
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich called on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to designate the Caja del Rio landscape as a national monument, which would permanently protect the region from mining and other destructive land uses ...
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 ...
Advocates across New Mexico petitioned the Oil Conservation Commission to modernize woefully outdated laws governing oil and gas cleanup, financial assurance and operator transfers ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that New Mexico was awarded $156,120,000 in funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund’s Solar For All program ...
The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 4-1 to reject a challenge to newly enacted clean car standards. The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board also voted 5-0 to reject the challenge. These standards will bring more electric vehicles to the state and directly benefit New Mexicans ...
