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Register for Laudato Si Conference in July

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Laudato Si and the Catholic Church

A Conference Series on Our Common Home

Registration is also open for a free conference on faithfully protecting our common home. Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church: A Conference Series on Our Common Home (LSUS) is a biennial conference series co-sponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant, its 20 Catholic partners, and Creighton University to convene, equip, and inspire Catholics who can more deeply integrate Laudato Si’ and its climate change teaching into the U.S. Church.

See the schedule and learn more

The conference is free, but registration is required, and a donation is encouraged to offset costs that include Spanish language interpretation.

Community Conversation on Clean Water in Northern New Mexico

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Join the New Mexico Environmental Law Center for a community conversation with Communities for Clean Water, an organization that works to safeguard clean water in the Rio Grande watershed.
Their mission is to ensure that community waters impacted by Los Alamos National Labs (LANL) are kept safe for drinking, agriculture, sacred ceremonies, and a sustainable future.
Panel speakers include:
  • Kathy Sanchez (Tewa Women United),
  • Rachel Conn (Amigos Bravos),
  • Beata Tsosie-Peña (Tewa Women United),
  • Emily Arasim (NM Acequia Association), and
  • Joni Arends (Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety).
The event will be moderated by Dr. Virginia Necochea, Executive Director of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center.
This event will be held over zoom. To register please click here and the zoom link will be emailed to you.
More info on CCW: Communities for Clean Water (CCW) was formally organized in 2006 after several community organizations joined forces to address water contamination at LANL. As of January 2015 CCW Council members include Amigos Bravos, Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS), Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE), the New Mexico Acequia Association, Partnership for Earth Spirituality, and Tewa Women United. CCW brings together these separate organizations in order to have a collective and powerful impact on protecting and restoring water quality downstream and downwind from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
For more info, email nmelc@nmelc.org.

Holding Regulators Responsible for Protecting Public from Pollution

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In this video, Earthworks (a partner with NM-IPL and Citizens Caring for the Future on Permian Basin initiatives), spotlight regulators’ responsibility to protect the public from the industry’s pollution — and hold them accountable when they don’t.

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)