New Mexico Environment Department’s proposed methane air pollution rules much improved May 6, 2021 | News Release Today, the New Mexico Environment Department proposed new rules to limit emissions from oil and gas operations in the state by requiring companies to…
Press Release: New Mexico Conservation Organizations Celebrate President Biden’s Bold Executive Actions
January 29, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2021 NEW MEXICO CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS CELEBRATE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S BOLD EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO REFORM OIL AND GAS LEASING ON PUBLIC LANDS AND SET A NATIONAL 30X30 STANDARD Administration Promises to Safeguard 30% of the Nation’s Land…
CVNM Statement on Supreme Court Ruling That Energy Transition Act Applies to San Juan Generating Station Abandonment Proceeding
January 29, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 29, 2020 Media Contact:Molly Taylor at 505-554-4115 orMolly@cvnm.org CVNM Statement on Supreme Court Ruling That Energy Transition Act Applies to San Juan Generating Station Abandonment Proceeding Santa Fe – Today, the New Mexico Supreme Court…
CVNM applauds Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Commitment to a State Level Methane Pollution Capture Rule
December 12, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, candidate for governor Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a commitment to implementing a state-level methane pollution capture rule in New Mexico. In response, Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) Executive Director Demis Foster,…
CVNM Statement on the Rollback of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan
October 10, 2017
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a proposed rule to revoke the Clean Power Plan. In response, Conservation Voters New Mexico Executive Director Demis Foster released the following statement: “It is critical…
CVNM Thanks Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham for her Leadership to Protect New Mexico’s Air
July 13, 2016
Santa Fe, N.M. – In response to Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s amendment to remove the anti-BLM methane rule rider language from the BLM appropriations in the House of Representatives, CVNM Political and Legislative Director Ben Shelton released the following statement:…
Public Health, Community, Environmental Coalition Deliver Thousands of Petitions to Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn
June 15, 2016
Calling on Land Commissioner Dunn to end his opposition to common sense Bureau of Land Management Rules The air we breathe directly impacts the health of all in our community. Today a group of public health, community and environmental advocates,…
Conservation Voters New Mexico announces a decade of 100% defense against anti-conservation bills in the New Mexico legislature
February 20, 2014
(Santa Fe, NM)— For the 10th year in a row, Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) and allies successfully defeated every anti-conservation measure introduced in the state legislature during the 2014 New Mexico Legislative session which ended today at noon. “I…