There are no words for how powerful the Santa Fe Green New Deal Town Hall was last night, or the scope of its potential impact. This post gives a summary, and a link to the full video (watch it and share this link). Naomi Klein wrote, This Changes Everything, and last night Hannah Laga Abram…
Today’s post will be brief, a few comments on an interesting Legislative Panel last night, a guest post from New Energy Economy about the latest PNM offense, and a really uplifting and inspiring animated video produced by Naomi Klein and written by AOC and Avi Lewis (husband of Naomi Klein and activist in his own…
The Governor and her energy Secretary spoke glowingly of our partnership with gas and oil while Indigenous leaders spoke from the heart about the sanctity of Chaco and the land. Sadly, we’ve got centuries of US history that undermines hopes that even Chaco can be saved from the ravages of greed and failure of moral…
Dudley St. was one of the hundreds of communities abandoned by policymakers and ready to be “developed” into another cookie-cutter factory of gentrification until residents developed other ideas. After the usual Monday recap of last week, you will find a tremendous 15 minute video that is instructive for Santa Fe as it considers how to…
Officially declared a “sacrifice Zone under Nixon, the Four Corners has long been under siege, essentially stripping its resources, disfiguring their landscape, and subjecting its residents to preventable disease and uncertain economic futures. Only Chaco has remained even marginally protected. Until now, to our endless shame.
Compilation of last weeks posts focusing on expansion of NM Nuclear waste dumping, toxic produced water bill hailed by Egolf, and evidence of state energy bills being part of industry-led, nationwide coordinated effort, plus video introducing module 3 of Toward Commonwealth.
yIn VA, the Governor is about to sign off on a utility bailout, double paying for infrastructure improvements that should be paid by shareholders, with legislators saying we can’t the perfect be the enemy of the good and Colorado eXcel is using the label “carbon free” RPS as a mantle for slowing transition to renewables…
There are four bills sitting on the Governor’s desk. For two we want her to sign them as is, one needs her to line item veto parts of the bill, another needs to be vetoed. In one call, you can raise your voice on all four critical bills. Speaking points provided. Also, a BLM sit…
Through a bit of last minute subterfuge, a bill is headed to the Governor’s desk that will undermine seed sovereignty and benefit Monsanto. Thanks to Tewa Women United and NM Food and Seed Sovereignty Alliance we have the details for the bill and the phone number for calling the Governor to ask her to veto…
For the next week, we all need to put all our energy into pushing hard for the many bills that remain teetering between extinction and law and last week sheds light on how best to do this, but today I want to plant a seed as to what may lie ahead. We have seen that…