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• Why We Need a Break

  By paulgibson51 on April 26, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  We’ve not written a blog or an Alert for two weeks, and not because nothing has been happening. Roxanne and I are taking a break and we want you to understand why. So today we fill you in on our… Read More ›

• Governor’s Vetoes & Executive Actions Point to Systemic Problem, Dysfunctional Checks & Balances

  By paulgibson51 on April 12, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Today we look at the implications of line-item vetoes, pocket vetoes, and the Governor’s control of policy and disregard of democratic processes in NM, including the re-emergence of the Avangrid-PNM merger and the Governor advancing a plan for Avangrid (!)… Read More ›

• More On NM’s Nuclear Future: Details on Tomorrow’s Town Hall

  By paulgibson51 on April 3, 2023 • ( 3 )

  

  Today, we update Sunday’s post, integrating feedback from allies, Los Alamos Study Group and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. If we don’t say “NO” we will become the lynchpin of the nation’s nuclear arms’ race. Is that what you want… Read More ›

• IPCC: Same Message, More Urgency… We are Running Out of Time, Adaptation Options Narrowing

  By paulgibson51 on March 27, 2023 • ( 5 )

  

  We either get serious or we prepare to live in dystopia, much sooner than anticipated. NM needs to get serious and stop talking as if an administration with good slogans, proclamations, and inspiring speaking points is enough. Today we connect… Read More ›

• Last week of Session: The Sausage Grinds On

  By paulgibson51 on March 15, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  The process grinds on with but four days and too many good bills stuck with too far to travel to become law. After swift starts, DINOs undermined some bills with usually industry-inspired bad amendments or with swift tabling motions. As… Read More ›

• Time to Stand Up for San Juan

  By paulgibson51 on March 9, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  For decades PNM has been dumping toxic coal ash in unlined pits. HB 142 would assess what remediation is needed and force PNM to remediate. A game breaking hearing is scheduled for tomorrow at 10am. We provide all you need… Read More ›

• URGENT: Do We Care About Working Families? If so, Time to Show Up for Paid Family Leave. TODAY!

  By paulgibson51 on March 9, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  Senate Bill 11 would establish a 12-week Paid Family Medical Leave (PFML) benefit for nearly all workers in the state. There is amounting chamber of commerce effort to kill this bill and bill sponsor, Rep. Linda Serrato called us to… Read More ›

• A Climate Bill Hearing with Lessons to Learn & State Tax Plan, a Bill to Be Celebrated for Now, But…

  By paulgibson51 on March 8, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  The Dem. tax, rev and budget leadership have a history of making last minute changes, usually not to our liking. Check out what the Tax Bill HB547 includes and why it is worth fighting to keep as is. This is… Read More ›

• It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times

  By paulgibson51 on March 6, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Dickens had a habit of turning phrases that would resonate for centuries and our Dickens quote applies quite well to this legislative session. The 2023 session is so full of welcome wins on women’s right, voting rights, and likely wins… Read More ›

• Produced Water is Back on Thursday…. Let’s Organize….

  By paulgibson51 on March 1, 2023 • ( 4 )

  

  As long as we frack, we will produce toxic water as a biproduct of extraction. The gas & oil industry would love to find a way to reuse produced toxic water and state leadership has sipped their Kool Aid. On… Read More ›

• HB 12 Is Dead, but Its Work Continues

  By paulgibson51 on February 27, 2023 • ( 3 )

  

  No matter how often the legislature says no, hydrogen advocates find ways to circumvent that process and continue their work. Today we learned that HB 12 has been pulled and is effectively dead. Nonetheless, bill sponsors Reps. Nathan Small and… Read More ›

• Hell No to HB 12, the 2023 Version of Hydra Hydrogen!

  By paulgibson51 on February 23, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  HB12 Advanced Energy Technology Act is one of the worst bills of this or any session, and this blog has required 3-4 complete revisions to wind up as it is. Sadly, there is no black and white here, only gauzy… Read More ›

• The Roundhouse: Where Everything is Clear as Gauze

  By paulgibson51 on February 20, 2023 • ( 7 )

  

  Bills with torturously unclear titles, late meeting announcements, bipartisan votes in every hearing, civil debate, and dignified discussions, good bills being slammed with industry misinformation and bad bills described in terms like economic justice, and renewables. It is all Roundhouse… Read More ›

• The Research is in: Local Choice Energy Lowers Rates, Provides Greater Reliability & Accelerates Transition to Renewables

  By paulgibson51 on February 14, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Today, we report on a big win in Mountain View and the conclusions drawn from three large studies of Local Choice Energy. A just released University of Massachusetts study, outlines extraordinary potential from LCE. The study follows studies done by… Read More ›

• Game ON!! Tomorrow, We Need to Pack Senate Rules

  By paulgibson51 on February 7, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Senate Rules will consider all three of the Governor’s nominees for the PRC and we have serious issues with one of the nominees, Patrick O’Connell. Plus an update on Local Choice Energy and a Call to Action.

• URGENT: Call to Action Today & Tuesday: Show Up for Local Choice Energy

  By paulgibson51 on February 6, 2023 • ( 2 )

  

  There are no panaceas, but Local Choice Energy is as close to a panacea for NM transitioning to renewables as we will see in this session. But the monopoly utilities are lying through their teeth and will stop at nothing… Read More ›

• Back Door Hydrogen, the Kind Where the Leg. Says NO and the Guv Says YES

  By paulgibson51 on January 31, 2023 • ( 6 )

  

  Today, we offer updates and actions on Local Choice Energy and the Green Amendment, and then we discuss HB 174 Underground Injection Fund, a new bill that reveals much about what the Governor and her administration can do without legislative… Read More ›

• IPCC Issues Urgent Call to Address Climate, Legislature Does Everything But…

  By paulgibson51 on March 22, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  We got a ton of very good things done this legislative session, especially for voters, women, water, and children. Today, we analyze the good, the bad, the ugly, what we can learn from it, and what is next. Also, an… Read More ›

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