With everything going on, we have been remiss in reporting on an ongoing dispute with the Oil Conservation Commission over the final wording of the PFAS prohibition in Oil and Gas operations that was litigated in November of 2024. The application filed by Wild Earth Guardians and supported by New Energy Economy in 2023 sought to prohibit the use of PFAS compounds in all downhole oil and gas operations and require community notification of chemical disclosures. The final rule

The outcome was not at all certain as water advocates and public health protectors filed into the WQCC meeting yesterday, where Commissioners would decide the outcome of three formal motions to disqualify Commissioners and vacate a prior decision to allow a hearing on a WATR Alliance fracking waste discharge petition. Despite an extraordinary scene in which the people defied the Chair's surprise announcement that public comment on the fracking waste issue would not be heard ,

We are thrilled to report that the NM Supreme Court has agreed  to hear the landmark  lawsuit  filed in 2023 by a coalition of Indigenous, frontline, youth and environmental organizations and community members over the state’s failure to protect public health and the environment from the harms of oil and gas pollution, as required by the state constitution. The lawsuit,  Atencio v. State of New Mexico,  is the first to challenge the state for violating the pollution control c

On October 20th the Oil Conservation Commission will begin a hearing on new regulations in Case No. 24683  brought by Western Environmental Law Center and allies to try to prevent the abandonment of oil and gas wells in New Mexico. New Energy Economy has intervened to support the applicants and advocate for even stronger regulations necessary to address the impending orphan well crisis that could cost New Mexico billions. The Impending Orphan Well Crisis Could End up Costing

Photo by Anni Hanna New Energy Economy and Navajo Elder Daniel Tso today jointly filed a sweeping motion with the Water Quality Control...

New Mexico now has its own WATRgate. Newly disclosed emails reveal what advocates have long suspected: the Governor’s Office is actively...

Last week New Energy Economy filed a motion requesting that the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) require the “Water Access...

Photo by Anni Hanna Yesterday the people showed up with power and truth to demand the Water Quality Control Commission put people over...

Yesterday, New Energy Economy, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Navajo leaders Daniel Tso and Mario Atencio filed a motion ...

As we reported briefly last week, a coalition of fracking waste reuse proponents hypocritically calling themselves the Water Access...

President, DeSantis and Noem touring the new concentration camp in Florida dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." The day after the Senate passed...

Yesterday we showed up at the Water Quality Control Commission to defend New Mexico water from fracking waste. Our sincere thanks to the...

Last week we reported that in separate but complimentary filings New Energy Economy, WildEarth Guardians, Amigos Bravos and the Sierra...

Sunday, May 4th, action from Indivisible water protectors With the daily pronouncements rolling back environmental incentives and...

The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) ended deliberations on proposed wastewater reuse rules (WQCC 23-84) to govern the...

First and foremost, we are asking you to join people of goodwill across the country who are mobilizing to stand up against the...

No False Solutions Day, March 7th, 2025. Photocredit @4thworldstories. If we fight, we CAN win. On Saturday HB 311, the Reclaimed Water...

In conversation with our friends, neighbors, bank clerks, random passersby, we are struck by the fact that the people are paying close...

Yesterday in a unanimous vote legislators in House Judiciary passed HB 169, the Public Expression Protection Act, a win for free speech,...

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...