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SOME MAJOR VICTORIES AND SOME SOBERING REALITIES - CHANGE IS ON THE HORIZON We hope this email finds you well and resting after the...
Mar 27
PFAS Protections & Local Solar Access Fund pass last committees! One call for free speech, one email for utility justice
First the excellent news. HB 140, the Hazardous Waste Constituent Definition Act to regulate PFAS in waste streams in New Mexico and HB...
Mar 18
Celebrating three new victories, together we CAN rise against all adversity
Even while the government works hand in hand with polluters—rolling back 31 critical federal environmental protections under new EPA...
Mar 13
Victories, but carbon capture bill making its way through the house is a dangerous proposal based on a lie
No False Solutions Day, March 7th, 2025. Photocredit @4thworldstories. If we fight, we CAN win. On Saturday HB 311, the Reclaimed Water...
Mar 12
Put your trust in the people!
The people showed up in force to protest administration lawlessness and cruelty at the Roundhouse today. Protests were organized in...
Mar 4
Direct your energy where it counts - oppose corporate capture
In conversation with our friends, neighbors, bank clerks, random passersby, we are struck by the fact that the people are paying close...
Feb 27
Democratic Senators betray our children, our future and our Mother Earth in Shameful Vote Against SB 4
Yesterday in a unanimous vote legislators in House Judiciary passed HB 169, the Public Expression Protection Act, a win for free speech,...
Feb 25
A Victory! Our plea for protection of the sacred results in fracking waste reuse removal from Strategic Water Supply, but reuse schemes still on the docket
On Wednesday night Defend NM Water lit up the Roundhouse with a plea to our legislators: Don't Gamble with our Water! Roberto Roibal read...
Feb 21
Energy justice is environmental justice. Utility legislation at the Roundhouse could affect all New Mexicans.
Energy policy is central to economic and environmental justice policy. This year energy bills on the docket run the gamut from bills...
Feb 18
Strategic Water Supply got a yes vote, but the antidote is up tomorrow. Action needed today!
First the good news - HB 169, the Public Expression Protection Act passed in House Consumer and Public Affairs yesterday and HB 35, Oil...
Feb 12
Our values - equality, justice and free speech are under attack. Act today. Also Strategic Water Supply back tomorrow!
Listen to Senator Harold Pope Jr. Speaks Out Against the Erasure of Black History Anyone paying attention right now is seeing the pillars...
Feb 10
Strategic Water Supply vote delayed after questions raised! Tomorrow critical bills to protect against Biogas and PFAS
Yesterday after receiving all your calls, cards and emails about HB 137, the Strategic Water Supply, and hearing powerful public comment...
Feb 7
Action Alert! Amended version of Strategic Water Supply filed
The Strategic Water Supply (HB 137) is up for its first hearing in House Agriculture tomorrow at 9:00AM in Room 315. (...
Feb 5
What's the antidote to the Strategic Water Supply and oceans of oil and gas waste? New bill - SB 178. The Polluter Must Pay.
What is one antidote to the Strategic Water Supply, the Governor's dangerous false solution to New Mexico's water scarcity and the oil...
Feb 1
Bill drops to protect New Mexicans from attacks on our first amendment rights.
In 2016 a couple in Texas wrote a negative Yelp review of a pet sitting company after receiving unsatisfactory service. That company sued...
Jan 29
The Clear Horizons Act passed its first hurdle! On the docket the rest of this week..
Press Conference today in Support of SB 99 - the "No Fuel Less Than Zero Carbon Intensity" Bill to Prevent a Clean Fuel Loophole that...
Jan 28
Courage needed at the Roundhouse...
On Tuesday we joined YUCCA at the Roundhouse to call on the Governor and New Mexico legislators for climate courage. It was a cold one -...
Jan 25
Our 2025 Legislative Priority - Protect People, Not Profits
We are less than one week away from the start of the 2025 Legislative Session and to no one's surprise, there are already so many...
Jan 16
Discussion draft of new Strategic Water Supply Act reveals plan is still a bailout for oil and gas industry
The Governor’s latest version of a "Strategic Water Supply Act," according to a December 3rd discussion draft, provides $75M in public...
Dec 27, 2024
Pausing to Reflect, Preparing to Act
This week, as we gather with loved ones or find quiet moments alone, we are reminded of the power of reflection. At New Energy Economy,...
Nov 28, 2024
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