Photo: IPL New Mexico & El Paso at Land, Water and Wildlife Day at the State Legislature

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IPL volunteers visited legislators and attended committee hearings at the #Roundhouse in #SantaFe to advocate for various climate related pieces of legislation.

They were part of a coalition that came together on Feb. 9 for Land, Water and Wildlife Day at the NM State Legislature

More than 30 groups advocting for climate justice, for communities, for health and to protect our sacred creation came together in Santa Fe that day.

The groups included 350 New Mexico, Sierra Club-Rio Grande chapter, Amigos Bravos,  New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Conservation Voters New Mexico and many other dedicated organizations.

Rally Urges Legislators, Governor to Protect Our Water

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Several dozen advocates from diverse organizations (including New Mexico El Paso Interfaith Power & Light) joined the Middle Rio Grande Water Advocates (MRGWA) outside the Roundhouse on Thursday, January 26, to advocate for a proposed 2023 Water Security Planning Act.

“MRGWA and its allies are focused on encouraging legislators to work for us–the people– to pass important water legislation, and fund New Mexico’s water management agencies. The legislature and our Governor must increase our water agencies capacity to do the jobs they already have and address new challenges,” the organization said in its website.

“The Governor’s proposed budget includes substantial funds for water management and projects.  That’s great!  However, the Governor’s budget all but ignores the fact that our state water agencies do not have the capacity to productively spend it.  We must persuade the Legislature to increase the capacity of our water agencies to proactively protect our water,” MRGWA added.

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Video: Legislative Preview 2023

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This video offers a preview of the New Mexico State legislative session. We outlined exciting bills that will be introduced during New Mexico’s upcoming legislative session. You will also learn how you can uplift and support this legislation. The bills we’ll be discussing include:

  • The Oil & Gas Reform Act
  • Climate/Just Economic Transition Bill
  • The Climate and Public Health Resiliency Act
  • The Green Amendment
  • Various Water Protection Bills
  • Proposal to Prohibit Storage of Spent Fuel or High Level Nuclear Waste Without Permanent Repository in Operation Act
  • Energy Efficient Appliance/Low Income Bill

Guest presenters included

Norm Gaume, Kayley Shoup, Amy Miller, Patricia Cardonas,Tammy Fielbelkorn, Paula Garcia, Terry Sloan