Watch a Report from Channel 7 on our Drought Crisis in New Mexico

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WATER WE VALUE IT SO MUCH NEW MEXICO. IT’S WHAT BROUGHT PEOPLE TO SETTLE HERE THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO AND IT IS WHAT SUSTAINS US TODA >> IN THE WINTER, SNOW CAPS OUR MOUNTAIN TOPS. WHEN IT MELTS, OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS THRIVE. >> BUT SOMETHING HAS CHANGED I THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. A DROUGHT UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN RECORDED HISTORY.   IT’S CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE AND DECISIONS MADE NOW WLIL IMPACT HOW WE THRIVE IN ETH FUTURE. >>
From the transcript of Forecasting Our Future: New Mexico’s Drought Crisis
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Joint Hearing on Proposed Clean Car Rule in Albuquerque on May 4 & 5

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As petitioners of the proposed Clean Car Rule, the New Mexico Environment Department and the City of Albuquerque continue to prepare for the May 4 and 5 joint hearing before the Environmental Improvement Board and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board.

Stakeholders and the interested public have multiple opportunities to participate in the rulemaking process going forward.

  • Any person who wishes to present technical evidence at the hearing shall file a Notice of Intent to present technical testimony by April 14, 2022, with the Board Administrator (pamela.jones@state.nm.us), including the docket number (EIB-21-66 (R)) and the name of the regulation (In the Matter of Proposed 20.2.91 NMAC – New Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards).
  • Any person wishing to submit non-technical testimony before the hearing may submit relevant evidence, data, views, and arguments to the Board Administrator:  pamela.jones@state.nm.us, telephone (505) 660-4305, or Environmental Improvement Board Administrator, New Mexico Environment Department- Harold Runnels Building, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502.
  • Any person may submit written public comments through the EIB’s public comment form. The Board Administrator will accept written public comments until the close of the hearing.
  • Any person may present public comments verbally during the four public comment periods scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on May 4, and 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on May 5, 2022.
  • The in-person meeting will be held in San Miguel and Mesilla Rooms 215 and 235 on the eastern upper level of the City of Albuquerque Convention Center, 401 2nd Street NW. Please visit the Environment Department’s calendar for Wednesday, May 4 for any last-minute public health-related changes.
  • Virtual participants can find meeting access information on the Environment Department’s event calendar for Wednesday, May 4, and Thursday, May 5.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) – New Mexico Proposed Clean Car Rule.pdf

 

Sister Joan Brown Among State Leaders to Share Legislative Success Stories at IPL Webinar

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The national Interfaith Power & Light has organized a webinar to examine the success stories from legislative sessions in New Mexico, Illinois, Oregon and the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia region on Wednesday, April 13,   Sister Joan Brown will be talking about outcomes in our  2022 legislative session in New Mexico.
Christina Krost  (Senior Policy Coordinator at Illinois IPL) will be discussing Illinois IPL work with the IL Clean Jobs Coalition to pass the nation-leading Climate and Equitable Jobs Act in 2021
Cherice Bock (Creation Justice Advocate at Oregon IPL) will be talking about working with a statewide coalition called the Oregon Clean Energy Opportunities campaign to pass 100% Clean Energy, as well as a Healthy Homes bill and an Energy Affordability bill in 2021.
Jonathan Lacock- Nisly (Policy Director at IPL-DMV) will be talking about building electrification, getting off methane gas, and the Climate Solutions Now Act that passed in Maryland.
And Sr. Joan Brown (Director at New Mexico IPL) will share about a Low Income Energy Efficiency block grant bill and about stopping a hydrogen hub bill four times during New Mexico’s short 30 day session in January and February.
Here is the link for the  Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 845 0749 6374
Passcode: 960138