By Talia Boyd | Published in the Gallup Independent Last year our nation’s leaders called for landmark action nationwide to reduce carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan (CPP). It’s clear that unified action is sorely needed to curb the…
By Talia Boyd | Published in the Cibola Beacon Last year our nation’s leaders called for landmark action nationwide to reduce carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan (CPP). It’s clear that unified action is sorely needed to curb the…
I can’t thank you enough for taking time out of your busy day to submit public comment to the Bureau of Land Management, urging them to create a strong rule to reduce methane emissions into the air we breathe and…
Add your voice: strong super pollutant rules right for NM
March 14, 2016
So many people attended BLM’s Farmington hearing on a new proposed rule to curb methane emissions that the room had to be moved – twice – to accommodate the crowd. While hundreds of oil and gas workers were bussed in…
Methane rule fuels industry-environmental split
February 29, 2016
By James Fenton | Farmington Daily Times FARMINGTON —After a 2014 NASA study that used satellite imagery revealed a 2,500-square-mile “hot spot” of methane over the Four Corners area, a debate about what kind of response would be appropriate has created a divide with…
It’s a common practice for oil and gas operations to intentionally release tons (literally!) of methane into the air – to the tune of $42.7 million in New Mexico since 2009. Methane is a super pollutant that is an even…
Juntos on Espejos de Azatlan
February 8, 2016
Community members Pasqual Pino, a senior at Health Leadership High School from the South Valley, and Moneka Stevens Cordova, a member of Juntos’ Mothers’ Committee, and Juntos Community Outreach Coordinator Patricia Gallegos discuss clean energy and healthy Latino families on…
Keep the PRC accountable
January 22, 2016
Juntos staff and youth interns were joined by students from Health Leadership High School to march in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March & Parade with the New Mexico MLK State Commission in Albuquerque on Saturday, Jan. 16. Get…
Climate of Faith
December 16, 2015
By Laura Paskus | Santa Fe Reporter Four summers ago, a tree fell on a power line, causing a wildfire that ripped through the Jemez Mountains, charring a record-setting 150,000 acres of forest, burning dozens of homes and destroying the…
New Mexico Latinos urged to conserve energy consumption
November 19, 2015
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An environmental group is urging New Mexico Hispanic families to conserve energy consumption over the holidays. The Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund is scheduled to hold a workshop Friday in Albuquerque aimed at promoting conservation…