Bearing Witness to Extractivism, Colonialism: Day 5

Interfaith Power & Light New Mexico & El Paso and Sisters of Mercy of the Americas are co-sponsoring an immersion retreat through some areas of New Mexico to bear witness to the damage #extractivism has inflicted on the people and the land of our state.  Tbe accounts and pictures come courtesy of Heather Scott-Molleda, senior director of communications for Mercy Sisters of the Americas.   Read Accounts for Days 1 and 2  Day 3, Day 4

Arriving in the Permian Basin

We have arrived in the Permian Basin on day 5 of the pilgrimage, an area of 6,000 square miles of southeastern New Mexico and West Texas where the explosion of fracking is releasing toxic methane and other chemicals into the air and water with little control. Activists from New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light, Earthworks and the local Citizens Caring for the Future are working to help the people, protect the land and prevent the climate bomb, while balancing the people’s reliance on the jobs the industry provides.

 

 

 

 

 

And here is a brief message from Marianne Comfort, justice coordinator for Earth, antiracism, and women for the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.