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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
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
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
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
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
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to honor the extraordinary life and enduring legacy of Dr. King. As a leader in the civil rights...
Jan 20
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
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
"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
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
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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