Join a Briefing on Climate Initiatives in 2022 NM Legislature

/in , , , , /by

New Mexico El Paso Region Interfaith Power & Light and Citizens Caring for the Future invite you to a briefing on the New Mexico State Legislature, Tuesday, January 25, 5:00 p.m.

Learn how you can use your voice during this legislative session to ensure that New Mexico remains a leader on climate.

The meeting will feature several outstanding guests who will bring us up to date on four different bills moving through the legislature that impact our vulnerable communities and our work on climate.

The public is invited.

Click here to attend the meeting

 

Watch EPA Hearings on New Methane Rule

/in , , , , , /by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Several folks from #NewMexico are participating in the @EPA #Methane Rule hearings over the next 3 days.

You can watch live here

(Note: At this link you can also rewind to watch from the beginning. You can watch at different speeds to catch up)

Sister Joan Brown: We Must Work for Stronger Methane Rules

/in , , , /by

“People of faith see climate change as the greatest ethical and moral concern of our time. Not only do frontline communities, communities of color, the young and old suffer the most from climate change, they are affected most from methane pollution which is linked to our warming climate. We must work for strong methane rules. We must act now for life.”   –Sister Joan Brown

 Here is the press release that carried Sister Joan Brown’s comments

EPA New Methane Safeguards Protect Our Common Home

(Oakland, CA – Nov. 2, 2021) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first national limits on methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations. At the same time President Biden announced a global pledge to slash the climate-warming methane.

Methane pollution is a profound threat to our health and our climate. The oil and gas industry is the largest source of methane pollution in the United States. Addressing this pollution, in the form of leaks from new and existing operations, is the low hanging fruit of climate solutions. 

Sister Joan Brown, osf, Executive Director, New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, said: “People of faith see climate change as the greatest ethical and moral concern of our time. Not only do frontline communities, communities of color, the young and old suffer the most from climate change, they are affected most from methane pollution which is linked to our warming climate. We must work for strong methane rules. We must act now for life.” 

Bill Bradlee, National Organizing Director of Interfaith Power & Light said, “People of faith and conscience, with a shared commitment for stewardship of our common home, support strong and effective methane pollution safeguards. Using currently available technology, the U.S. can do its part to meet a global imperative, achieving a 65% reduction of methane from oil and gas by 2025 and more by the end of the decade.  As the largest historic emitter of climate warming pollution, the U.S. must do its fair share and dramatically reduce its methane pollution.”

Interfaith Power & Light urges the EPA to finalize these strong methane safeguards without delay. IPL supports some additional improvements; for example, it must address methane emissions reductions in smaller wells and issues of routine flaring. These must be included before the proposal is finalized to ensure EPA is fully protecting our health and addressing the climate crisis.