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Feds approve plan for railway to reduce grizzly killings
Wildlife conservation groups are cautiously optimistic about a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service habitat conservation plan and incidental take permit covering BNSF Railway Company trains on 206 miles of track through grizzly bear habitat in the Northern Continental...
Bill to restore clean water protections, safeguard drinking water passes second committee
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-3 to pass SB 21, a substitute bill combining SB 21 and SB22. The bill will provide critical protections for New Mexico waters. The bills earlier passed the Senate Conservation Committee on two 6-3 votes. SB21 will next go...
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...
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