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New Mexico is the second highest producer of oil and natural gas in the country, and the Permian Basin's 2025 production is expected to account for 49% of the total U.S. production. With that extraction comes destruction of land, water and air quality, significant public health hazards and political corruption that is turning parts of New Mexico into a sacrifice zone and warming the planet at terrifying speed.
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, 2025
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, 2025
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
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
Did Chevron and Occidental submit falsified remediation reports in NM? We asked the AG to investigate. Also NM Court upholds our First Amendment rights.
On Friday New Energy Economy formally requested the NM Department of Justice to use their authority to instigate an investigation to...
Dec 19, 2024
Final Fracking Waste Reuse Response Brief filed as new Strategic Water Supply Once Again on the Agenda
On Friday we filed our final brief response brief and alternative language for the New Mexico Environment Department’s proposed “Ground...
Dec 10, 2024
It's time to take this fight to the States. That's where we live.
This year, New Energy Economy has taken on some of the biggest challenges facing our state—and won. Against powerful interests and...
Dec 3, 2024
"¡Ya basta!" Enough is enough.
The PFAS hearing at the Oil Conservation Commission just wrapped up, and we want to share our heartfelt thanks for the over 100 members...
Nov 15, 2024
Public shows up en masse to ask OCC to protect our water from PFAS
This morning at the Oil Conservation Commission the PFAS prohibition hearing began, and the public showed up en masse to ask the...
Nov 12, 2024
Today is a momentous day, but NMOGA is not distracted from its maneuvering to continue poisoning New Mexico
Today is a momentous day, and it can be hard to pay attention to anything but the election, but you can bet the corporate polluters of...
Nov 5, 2024
"Trade Secrets" are deadly secrets
In 1997 our expert witness in the PFAS rulemaking, Kris Hansen, was hired by 3M and tasked by her supervisor to look for PFOS (one type...
Oct 23, 2024
One pound of PFAS can contaminate 34 Elephant Butte Reservoirs
Cows in Clovis are euthanized after being contaminated with PFAS laced water. On Tuesday NMED Secretary Kenney's gave a presentation at...
Oct 17, 2024
We can stop Oil and Gas companies from further poisoning our water with PFAS
New Energy Economy has intervened at the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) to support the adoption of a rule proposed by...
Oct 9, 2024
Come out from behind your desk...
Around the world last month millions were displaced, hundreds of thousands lost their homes, thousands died and billions of creatures,...
Oct 2, 2024
So what's the difference between false solutions and real climate action?
Last week we sent out an email announcing the sad news that we, collectively, are failing to change the trajectory of methane emissions...
Sep 21, 2024
Friends, we are failing. What can we expect over the next ten to twenty years?
Though we at New Energy Economy often report on our wins in the regulatory arena, the truth is that we, collectively, are failing. We are...
Sep 12, 2024
The stacks fall, but emissions keep rising. Do we have the will to live?
Last week the stacks at the San Juan Generating Station came down after operating for more than 50 years and emitting more than 12...
Aug 27, 2024
At close of fracking waste reuse hearing Commissioner Zemlick asks the key question...Why is a reuse rule necessary?
On the final day of testimony at the fracking waste reuse hearing New Mexico Oil and Gas Association (NMOGA) witnesses tried to argue...
Aug 15, 2024
Should New Mexico have worse water protections than Texas?
First, thank you to everyone who has shown up to raise their voice against corporate exploitation and profiteering at the expense of our...
Aug 10, 2024
Our expert witnesses eviscerate reuse proponent arguments
Over the past three days our three expert witnesses, including former director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Norm Gaume,...
Aug 8, 2024
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