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Protecting people against corporate greed and destruction of the land contamination by holding the utilities accountable.
We moved to dismiss BCP buyout of NM Gas Company as Blackstone announces plan to buy PNM
Last week Blackstone Infrastructure announced its plan to acquire TXNM, PNM's parent company for $11.5 billion . Blackstone (not to be...
May 27
Today New Mexico marked SAFE from discharge of fracking waste to our ground and surface waters!
Yesterday we showed up at the Water Quality Control Commission to defend New Mexico water from fracking waste. Our sincere thanks to the...
May 14
In unusual move WQCC schedules oral argument about discharge of frack waste during public meeting tomorrow
Last week we reported that in separate but complimentary filings New Energy Economy, WildEarth Guardians, Amigos Bravos and the Sierra...
May 12
Fossil fuel execs caused more than $28 trillion in damages, and their ecocide continues in NM. WQCC don't be complicit!
Sunday, May 4th, action from Indivisible water protectors With the daily pronouncements rolling back environmental incentives and...
May 7
Testimony Opposing Bernhard Capital Partners Acquisition of NM Gas Company filed today. Bottom line: The Sale Offers No Public Benefit
Today we filed testimony opposing Bernhard Capital Partner (BCP)'s proposed acquisition of NM Gas Company. In his testimony our expert,...
Apr 18
A Produced Water Reuse VICTORY, but critical changes still needed to protect our groundwater!
The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) ended deliberations on proposed wastewater reuse rules (WQCC 23-84) to govern the...
Apr 11
Hands off our due process rights! Hands off NM Gas Company!
First and foremost, we are asking you to join people of goodwill across the country who are mobilizing to stand up against the...
Apr 3
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
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
Oil and Gas is going on offense after climate impacts cause the potential for real action. Fight back tomorrow!
Have you noticed the uptick and audacity of fear-mongering ads from the oil and gas industry blanketing the airwaves lately? They are...
Feb 14
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
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
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
Not natural disasters. Crimes against creation.
First, we are grateful and humbled by the extraordinary support that our community has shown to New Energy Economy. We set out to raise...
Jan 10
Hope is not delicate; she's feisty.
As Ursula K. Le Guin once said: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power...
Dec 31, 2024
One final filing in 2024 - we appealed the PRC's final order on Community Solar rules
On Friday the Coalition for Community Solar Access, Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico, and New Energy Economy jointly...
Dec 30, 2024
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
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