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Produced Water Reuse
The Governor's proposed "Strategic Water Supply," was an outrageous plan to use public money to fund treatment and re-use of fracking waste, a process lacking scientific evidence of safety and necessity. We won, defeating five enabling bills in the 2024 legislative session, and then we won again in May 2025 at the Water Quality Control Commission where the administration tried to pass a rule to enable fracking waste reuse.


Major win: Climate impacts of LNG must be considered nationally and here in New Mexico
Yesterday we filed our Brief in Chief opposing New Mexico Gas Company's proposed Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Rio Rancho. The deadline...
Jan 30, 2024


Bleeding New Mexico Dry - Proposed "Strategic Water Supply" is a bailout and a scam that endangers our health and our water
Yesterday we were joined by members of the No False Solutions Coalition, Amigos Bravos, WildEarth Guardians and Norm Gaume, professional...
Jan 23, 2024


Protection of Life Requires Regulation and Enforcement. That means courage and Leadership to put the sacred before profit.
NY Skyline Before and After Passage of the Clean Air Act Last night, in a stunning display of cowardice and corporate dominance over...
Dec 5, 2023


Historic lawsuit filed today to hold the State of New Mexico accountable for unchecked oil & gas
We were honored today to stand in solidarity with a coalition of Indigenous peoples, youth, frontline community members and environmental...
May 10, 2023


Calling out the failures of New Mexico leadership
The legislative session is over. We join many others in calling for paid legislators, extended legislative sessions that allow for...
Mar 29, 2021


New Mexico legislature turns its back on oil and gas accountability
SANTA FE - Despite a new wave of legislators and a Governor that continues to promise action on climate, the 2021 New Mexico legislative...
Mar 18, 2021


NM LEGISLATURE CAVES TO UTILITIES AND OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY ONCE AGAIN
The past few days at the legislature have served as a stark reminder of the entrenched power held by utilities and the oil and gas...
Feb 16, 2021


WPX settles “produced water” fracking explosion case in Permian Basin
Penny Aucoin and her attorney, Mariel Nanasi, will address the media January 6th, 10:00AM. On January 21, 2020, a fiberspar flowline...
Jan 6, 2021


NEE Partners with Earthworks to publish a new report on Oil and Gas Industry Waste
Yesterday, along with Youth United for Climate Crisis Action (YUCCA) and WildEarth Guardians, we delivered a new report on oil and gas...
Oct 14, 2020


The Public Showed up to Oppose Proposed Produced Water Regulations
Despite the barriers to participation -- the concerns and issues you raised rang out throughout the hearing and held the OCD to account.
Aug 4, 2020
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