NMIPL IN THE NEWS

Watch: Interview with Sister Joan on KNME’s New Mexico in Focus

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Watch Sister Joan Brown on Friday, July 12, 7pm on New Mexico in Focus (KNME-TV NM PBS). Laura Paskus, a friend of Interfaith Power & Light New Mexico & El Paso, conducted the interview.

Here is the text that accompanied KNME-TV’s posting online.

7.12.24 –In 2015, Pope Francis issued an encyclical letter focused on the Earth, the economy and social justice, called “On Care for Our Common Home, Laudato Si.” In conversation with Our Land’s Laura Paskus, Sister Joan Brown, executive director of New Mexico & El Paso Interfaith Power and Light, talks about what has changed (and what hasn’t) since that encyclical letter. The two also talk about the value of interfaith work in building community and adapting to climate change in New Mexico.

Correspondent: Laura Paskus

Guest: Sister Joan Brown, Executive Director, New Mexico & El Paso Interfaith Power and Light

For More Information: Watch the entire, hour-long special, “Loving Our Changing Homelands.”

 

EDF Examines Biden Administration’s Emissions Initiative

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This is an excerpt from blog post published by the Environmental Defense Fund on June 27, 2024

Unpacking the Biden administration’s announcement of $850 million to tackle oil and gas methane emissions

The Biden administration just made another major investment in a cleaner, safer energy future for all Americans. On Friday, EPA and the Department of Energy announced applications are open for $850 million in funding to monitor and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector.  

Applicants will apply for grants to implement projects under one of three areas of interest , or AOI, with applications due August 26th. In alignment with the Justice40 Initiative, all projects will need to ensure that 40 percent of benefits go to disadvantaged communities and will be required to submit a community benefits plan….

These efforts build upon EPA’s and DOE’s commitment in December of $350 million to 14 states to permanently plug and eliminate emissions at marginal conventional wells and support environmental restoration of well pads. Combining that with the first AOI brings the total for marginal well methane mitigation to $650 million, which is nearly half of all MERP funding.

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Responding to the Challenge of Water Shortages in New Mexico

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Here is an action alert from the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission Water Planning Program,

Water shortages in New Mexico, spurred by climate change, are a pressing challenge in New Mexico; stream flows and groundwater levels are decreasing, while water usage continues to rise.

New Mexico is acting now to secure its water for the future through the Water Security Planning Act. The New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission’s planning team is hosting a series of water planning open houses across New Mexico to listen and learn from communities. These open houses will help establish a roadmap for the future of water planning in our state.

The NMISC’s Online Water Planning Open House, which provides the same input opportunities at an in-person event, is now live. The commission encourages you to check out the online input opportunities or visit our NMISC website to find an upcoming Water Planning Open House near you.

 

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)