ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Juntos delivered more than 6,500 signed petitions urging for more clean energy solutions on Thursday, March 12th to PNM President Pat Vincent-Collowan. Over 50 Juntos members and volunteers marched the 6 blocks to PNM headquarters to make…
On Tuesday, the state Senate Rules Committee is scheduled to hear Gov. Susana Martinez’s nomination of Ryan Flynn as Environment Department secretary. Amigos Bravos, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, Environment New Mexico and Conservation Voters New Mexico oppose this nomination….
(Santa Fe, NM) – Conservation Voters New Mexico Education Fund (CVNMEF) released a new tool today to shine a light onto Governor Susana Martinez and her administration’s decisions that affect our air, land and water. New Mexicans care deeply about…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Despite broad support from New Mexicans to keep strong pit rules on the books that protect our groundwater, members of the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) – the majority appointed by Governor Martinez – on…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) announced today that Demis Foster has been selected as the organization’s new executive director. Foster will join CVNM at the end of the month after more than 20 years of experience…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Governor Susana Martinez signed Senate Bill 14, jointly sponsored by Senator Peter Wirth and Representative Carl Trujillo, into law on April 1. The bill extends New Mexico’s sustainable building tax credit for 5 years.“The sustainable building…
(Santa Fe, NM)— For the 9th year in a row, Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) and allies successfully defeated every anti-environmental bill in the state legislature during the 2013 New Mexico Legislative session. Of note, CVNM and allies defeated multiple…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Today, the New Mexico Senate voted in support of New Mexico’s families and rich agricultural heritage when it voted down an amendment to strip the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) out of Senate Bill 163 Change…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Representative Gail Chasey’s House Bill 286, aiming to update 78-year old penalties for pollution of New Mexico’s drought-stricken water supply by the oil and gas industry, passed out of the House Judiciary Committee on a 9…
(Santa Fe, NM) – Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) today announced that Sandy Buffett plans to transition out as Executive Director (E.D.) after eight years. CVNM’s Board of Directors is currently leading a national search for her successor. Buffett will…
