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New Mexico modernizes oil, gas industry bonding, cleanup rules, now among nation’s strongest

July 8, 2026

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission voted Wednesday to reform outdated oil and gas bonding and cleanup rules, adopting some of the strongest safeguards in the country to prevent orphan wells and ensure oil and gas corporations pay to clean up the wells they drill and operate. “This decision comes down to the simple idea most New Mexicans agree on: If you drill it, you clean it

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CVNM Education Fund Applauds NM State Land Office for Denying “Green Chile Project” Right-Of-Way

April 1, 2026

he New Mexico State Land Office announced that it had denied an application from Texas-based energy company Energy Transfer for the “Green Chile Project,” a natural gas pipeline proposed to cut through state trust lands to provide natural gas for the controversial Project Juptier data center. This marks the newest hurdle for the project, which has been widely opposed for its projected water consumption and the 2GW of natural gas the facility plans to operate privately.

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Action Alert: Add your voice to ensure polluters clean up their mess

October 21, 2025

Oil and gas operators must put up a bond that is supposed to cover the cost of cleanup after operations are completed. Due to outdated bonding rules, the public ends up paying to plug wells to prevent them from releasing toxins into the air and water. In the last five years, over $100 million in public funds–state and federal–has been spent to clean up abandoned wells. We still face up to $1.6 billion in future cleanup costs.

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Action Alert: Support a Strong Clean Transportation Fuel Program at Upcoming Hearing

September 10, 2025

The first Environmental Improvement Board hearing is happening Monday, September 22nd, 2025, and it’s the perfect time to tell the Board to support the strongest possible clean transportation fuel program. New Mexico has a real opportunity to lead here. As the second largest producer of oil and gas in the country, a strong clean transportation fuel program may encourage other states to follow what we do. 

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Press Release: New Report Outlines Innovative Water Funding Mechanisms

July 8, 2025

Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund announced the release of a new report: Funding To Protect, Promote & Enhance New Mexico’s Water Resources, which looks at innovative methods to fund water projects and management in New Mexico. The report discusses potential new sources of funding for water programs and projects, including creating a state water fund sufficient to provide some or all of the required non-federal match for critical federal water investments.

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L Bar Ranch

November 20, 2023

“To know the land deeply and intimately requires time and patience.” These were the words spoken by Theresa Pasqual on June 29, 2022, at the Dancing Eagle event center. A program director for the Pueblo of Acoma and a CVNM Board Director, Theresa spoke to a gathering that included Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich, Tribal leaders, and Trust for Public Land (TPL) representatives. 

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Attorney General Raúl Torrez Files a Lawsuit Against Major Manufacturing Companies

June 7, 2023

Albuquerque, NM – On June 1st, Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a lawsuit against major manufacturers around the country, such as 3M and DuPont, for contaminating our state’s natural resources, property, residents and consumers with the careless use of polyfluoroalkyl…

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