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Jul 31, 2023

Join the growing number of New Mexicans opposing new fossil fuel infrastructure

Did you know that President Biden is coming to New Mexico to tout his climate bonafides next week? To point to the Inflation Reduction...

Jul 12, 2023

Floods, fires & deadly heat are alarm bells of a planet on the brink. NMGC wants to turn up the heat

Today's headline in the Washington post - a planet on the brink. Finally the mainstream media appears to understand the magnitude and...

May 9, 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...

Mar 6, 2023

That's weak sauce! SB520 Needs Amendments to Earn Our Support

Tomorrow at 9:00AM Senate Conservation will hear SB 520, the Clean Futures Act. (Room 311, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82404382748) After...

Jan 20, 2023

ENERGY POLICY IS ON THE AGENDA... & NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HYDROGEN PROLONGS METHANE'S CLIMATE IMPACTS

The 2023 Legislative Session has officially begun, and there's so much at stake. It was an emotional start as we attended YUCCA (Youth...

Jan 13, 2023

It's All Hydrogen All the Time Here - NMED Secretary Kenney's motto

In another episode of "FOLLOW THE MONEY," we learned last year that the Governor relied on a study prepared by a former chairman of NMOGA...

Aug 1, 2022

Are Inflation Reduction Act tradeoffs worth it?

Yesterday the @ikiyacollective shut down the streets surrounding the Department of Interior Washington D.C, painting CLIMATE EMERGENCY in...

Jun 7, 2022

WILL LEGISLATORS HEAR ONLY FROM OIL AND GAS EXECUTIVES?

Last week we filed a joint post-hearing brief with the Coalition for Clean and Affordable Energy, Prosperity Works and the Sierra Club...

Apr 27, 2022

On fire, with love and rage

Fire is definitely the messenger of this climate emergency moment for us here in New Mexico. There are still 20 fires burning in New...

Apr 22, 2022

Today let us reach out in love to support the climate refugees here in our own state

In a surreal parody of "EarthDay" celebrations yesterday we, along with everyone else in New Mexico, watched in horror as our beloved...

Feb 24, 2022

Renewable energy independence is an antidote to war and violence

We have been watching in dread and sadness as the drumbeat of war grew louder and louder, and now it has finally culminated in a violent...

Oct 27, 2021

Reflections on the first NM Climate Summit

The very first thing that is required to solve a problem is to understand the problem: To learn the scope of the problem, the...

Mar 17, 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 12, 2021

Oh hell NO! Gov MLG seeks exemption from oil and gas leasing pause

Our Governor likes to tout her climate credentials, largely based exclusively on the Energy Transition Act, which was as much a giveaway...