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Electrifying your home can slash energy bills, boost indoor air quality, and reduce climate pollution. Learn from the experience of real homeowners with the new tax credits and rebates that make heat pump and other electrification upgrades more affordable.
Amidst our collective energy transition away from fossil fuels, demand for transitional minerals is rapidly increasing. Given widespread practices of mining, especially on Indigenous lands, how are people of faith and conscience called to respond? This webinar, co-sponsored by the Western State Affiliates of Interfaith Power and Light and national IPL, included Clara Sims, assistant executive director for IPL New Mexico and El Paso. Participants learned about the landscape of mining in the United States, as we hear from panelists who hold a range of expertise on issues of extractivism.
This state program, made possible thanks to investments from the Biden-Harris administration’s Inflation Reduction Act, will make energy-saving home improvements and appliances more affordable for eligible New Mexicans.
New Mexico’s HEAR program will be rolled out in phases — starting with do-it-yourself insulation at participating retailers. Low-income owners of single-family homes will be eligible for up to $1,600 on these home improvements when they purchase materials at participating retail stores.
Photo courtesy of Lilliana Castillo