Statewide coalition supports direct investments to strengthen communities in the community benefit fund
Today, Clear Horizons New Mexico, a statewide coalition of environmental, social justice, and conservation advocates from 31 organizations across New Mexico, applauds the Senate Conservation Committee for passing the Community Benefit Fund, made up of Senate Bills 48...
Two bills to restore clean water protections, safeguard drinking water pass first committee
Today, the Senate Conservation Committee voted 6-3 to pass both SB 21 and SB 22, a pair of bills that will provide critical protections for New Mexico waters. The bills are also assigned to the Senate Judiciary and Finance Committees before they move over to the House...
2025 NM legislative session presents great opportunity for environmental progress, water protection
The Western Environmental Law Center is encouraged and optimistic that the New Mexico legislature is considering a range of strong bills to safeguard our rich natural resources and climate, leverage the state’s power to protect water quality to account for federal...
New Mexico legislature faces urgent calls to further address climate change in 2025 session
Today, a coalition of environmental, social justice, and conservation advocates from across New Mexico expressed their strong support for Senate Pro Tem Mimi Stewart’s suite of bills that will take action on climate change: the Clear Horizons Act, the Community...
Legal settlement safeguards lynx habitat in Kettle River Mountains from logging
The Kettle Range Conservation Group is celebrating the settlement of its lawsuit challenging the Bulldog Restoration Project in the Kettle River Mountains of northeast Washington. The legal agreement with the U.S. Forest Service, reached on Jan. 23, 2025, protects...
New legislation will restore clean water protections, safeguard drinking water for New Mexicans
Today, Senate Majority Leader Peter Wirth and Rep. Kristina Ortez introduced two bills at the New Mexico state legislature that will provide critical protections for the state’s waters. Following rollbacks to federal clean water protections in recent years, up to 95%...
Trumped-up “national energy emergency” to underpin fossil fuel giveaway at expense of communities, climate
President Trump plans to declare a “national energy emergency” today, a lie that flies in the face of the highest energy production levels in U.S. history under President Biden in 2024 punctuating seven years of U.S. dominance over global fossil fuel markets. The...
Science prevails: Grizzlies to keep endangered species protections
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied petitions from Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Scientific evidence clearly shows grizzlies are not yet recovered. “The law requires the U.S. Fish and...
Montana Supreme Court affirms landmark youth-led climate decision, upholding constitutional rights to a safe and livable climate
In a historic ruling today, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed 6-1 the decision of the district court in the landmark case, Held v. State of Montana, siding with the 16 youth plaintiffs who had sued the state over its promotion of fossil fuel extraction and its...
Permitting “Dirty Deal” dead: 680 orgs opposed EPRA, Sen. Manchin set for retirement
Outgoing fossil fuel booster Sen. Joe Manchin’s latest effort at passing “permitting reform,” characterized as a “Dirty Deal” because it would grease the wheels for expanded oil and gas drilling on public lands and mandate liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as called...
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