News & Updates

Community leaders across New Mexico applaud Oil Conservation Commission for adopting oil and gas enforcement rules

Jan 16, 2020

Community leaders across New Mexico applauded the Oil Conservation Commission today for acting to protect the state’s air and water resources from oil and gas pollution by adopting new enforcement rules under legislation adopted in the 2019 session. The Oil...

Advocates file multi-state suit to protect climate, public health from fracking

Jan 9, 2020

Moving to protect climate and health, a coalition today filed suit to overturn the sale of nearly 2 million acres of public lands for fracking in the western states of Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. “The Trump administration is selling out America’s...

Trump administration proposes extreme rollback of bedrock environmental, public health law

Jan 9, 2020

Today the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released its blueprint to dismantle longstanding bedrock protections for communities, public lands, and wildlife. Designed to weaken the role of the public in service of extractive interests such as oil and...

Legal action spurs EPA to require new water pollution controls in Los Alamos

Dec 18, 2019

In response to a lawsuit filed by clean water advocates citing extremely high water pollution in Los Alamos County – with some pollutants more than 14,000 times above public safety limits – the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this Monday it will...

Trump administration again reauthorizes wildlife-killing ‘cyanide bombs’ despite strong opposition

Dec 5, 2019

The Trump administration today announced it will reauthorize use of sodium cyanide in wildlife-killing devices called M-44s. These “cyanide bombs” have received approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency despite inhumanely and indiscriminately killing...

Trump administration re-reauthorizes wildlife-killing M-44 ‘cyanide bombs’ despite strong opposition

Dec 5, 2019

After withdrawing an interim decision instituting minor restrictions on the use of sodium cyanide in wildlife-killing devices called M-44s, or “cyanide bombs,” the Trump administration today reissued a revised decision with slight modifications further restricting the...

Statement: Gov. Lujan Grisham’s NM Climate Strategy appears strong

Nov 21, 2019

Today Gov. Lujan Grisham’s interagency climate change task force issued a strong road map to correct course in New Mexico after eight years of climate denial and fossil fuel servitude by the previous administration. The task force’s strategy offers a full-spectrum...

Groups challenge Trump administration approval of massive Montana coal mine expansion

Nov 18, 2019

Today a group of concerned Montanans filed a legal challenge to protect the climate and water resources from destructive coal mining practices in eastern Montana. The groups are challenging the federal Office of Surface Mining’s (OSM) misguided approval of an enormous...

Federal Environmental Impact Statement for Jordan Cove LNG remains deficient while required permit approvals still missing

Nov 15, 2019

Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline. This project has faced fierce opposition for more than a decade by a grassroots...

Plaintiffs thank U.S. House for passing first-step Chaco protection bill

Oct 30, 2019

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act (H.R. 2181), which would withdraw federal minerals from new oil and gas leasing within a 10-mile buffer surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The bill would...