How to Advocate for Water Funding from the NM Legislature Water is Life! Join the Green Justice team at First Congregational UCC and co-sponsor IPL-New Mexico El Paso to learn about how New Mexico’s water supply is dwindling at an alarming rate and how you can advocate for robust water funding during the 2025 New […]
Water Advocates invites you to learn about three water-related priorities in the coming 2025 New Mexico State Legislature. Featured speakers are Ladona Clayton, Mike Hamman and Norm Gaume. Register Here
Featuring Methane Don Schreiber When Jane and Don Schreiber moved from Farmington to their retirement home & ranch in northwest NM south of Dulce in the San Juan Basin things looked good. Then the oil drilling rigs started showing up. Because they did not own the mineral rights under their ranch, there didn’t seem like […]
The Clear Horizons Act will be heard in the Senate Conservation Committee on Tuesday, January 28. The act encompasses Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart’s suite of bills that will take action on climate change: the Clear Horizons Act, the Community Benefits Fund, and the Innovation in Government Act. The hearing will be held at 9:00 am - Room […]
HB 35: Children's Health Protection Zones will be heard in the Energy Environment & Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. 8:30 AM - Room 317 of the Roundhouse HB 35 creates a 1-mile buffer to reduce air pollution impacts from oil and gas facilities, prohibits new facilities in the zone, and requires additional pollution controls, monitoring and reporting […]
The 2025 New Mexico Green Amendment (HJR3) is getting its first hearing in front of the House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee and WE NEED YOUR VOICE. The hearings for the Committee will begin at 8:30AM and go until 10:30AM. The Green Amendment bill does not yet have a specific set time when it will be […]
Let’s come together in the Rotunda of the Roundhouse to lift up the message that New Mexicans want, deserve and need the protections of a New Mexico Green Amendment. Legislative leaders and environmental champions will be holding a press conference, with a rally atmosphere, calling on the New Mexico legislature to hold hearings and support […]
Laura Paskus will share highlights of her just published book, "Water Bodies," an anthology of essays and poems from some of the West's best writers. She is an engaging speaker and accomplished journalist. Currently she's senior producer of “Our Land: New Mexico’s Environmental Past, Present and Future” on NMPBS and author of the 2020 book, […]
HB 35: Children’s Health Protection Zones is up for its 2nd committee hearing with the House Health & Human Services Committee (HHHSC) this Wednesday at 8:30 am! HB 35 prohibits new oil and gas facilities within a 1-mile setback of public schools and requires more stringent pollution controls, monitoring, and reporting to meet the minimum distance […]
Each year, the Aldo Leopold Writing Contest invites New Mexico students in Grades 6-12 to submit essays in response to a carefully-crafted and thought-provoking prompt inspired by the writings of Aldo Leopold: conservationist, educator, philosopher, and writer. This year's theme is around bodies of water and you can find more information here.
The Lands, Water and Wildlife Day during the coming New Mexico Legislature is scheduled for February 20, 2025. More details to come.
The Climate Action Plan (CAP) will provide an actionable roadmap to meet New Mexico's climate pollution reduction targets, ensuring a healthy, secure and prosperous future for all New Mexicans. The New Mexico Environment Department and New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department are inviting you to join planning efforts for the CAP. Join them […]