NMIPL IN THE NEWS

Joanna Macy: Climate Crisis As Spiritual Path

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This 20 minute interview with Joanna Macy, a friend of New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light, will help answer an essential question: How we are going to live our lives fully, with inner peace and courage (and even joy) as we confront a world that is destroying itself? The video is an excerpt from the 2014 film “The Wisdom to Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism & Community,”produced by filmmakers Anne Macksound and John Ankele (Old Dog Documentaries).

JOANNA MACY: Climate Crisis As Spiritual Path from Old Dog Documentaries on Vimeo.

Make Your Voice Heard on Methane in New Mexico

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With a few key additions NMED Air Quality Rules can lead the nation Methane Matters.org urges you to make your voices heard ! Oil and gas operations in New Mexico […]

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Urging Sen. Ben Ray Lujan to Support Climate Infrastructure Package

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Via Ruth Striegel, chair of the NM-IPL Advocacy Committee

Members of NM Interfaith Power and Light met with Levi Patterson of Senator Ben Ray Luján’s office on August 18, 2021 to discuss the climate infrastructure package currently before Congress. We greatly appreciate Levi sharing his knowledge of the legislation and the reconciliation process! Time is running out for our planet, and we are committed to bold action to transform our climate infrastructure!

A Note from Sister Joan Brown, executive director of NM-IPL:

Dear Levi,
We just wanted to thank you for the meeting today regarding the climate infrastructure package. We appreciated your engaging in dialogue, your well informed responses and openess to our challenging questions and concerns. We do understand climate change legislation that addresses infrastructure must be as strong as possible. While we understand your explanations about what will be in the Clean Energy Payment Program our faith communities are still concerned about nuclear and subsidies for gas, but we do understand the difficulty of getting the bill passed and our IPL’s across the country are working hard. Code red means serious ethical and moral responsibility. Thank you again for your work, and that of the Senator and staff. We will set up a meeting with Lozen to share ideas about water.

Much gratitude and peace,
Sr. Joan

Carlsbad Current Argus. Sep. 3, 2020 New Mexico finalizes oil and gas wastewater regulations, lawmakers hear testimony (Rev. Nick King Quoted)

Las Cruces Sun-News,  Aug. 19, 2020, Report on solving climate crisis brings hope (Co-authored by Michael Sells, Clara Sims and Edith Yanez)

Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug. 15, 2020 Vote your values this November  (Commentary by Larry Rasmussen and Tabitha Arnold)