A look back at three of the better posts, we’ve done during the Legislative Session with one focused on concerns with SB 489, one of this session’s most important bills, reflections on Parkland and Rio Rancho shootings, and how three Dems flipped and tabled an important gas & oil royalties bill, a lesson for the…
As if Harvey and flooding in India weren’t enough, Irma is bearing down on the Atlantic Coast with devastating potential and flooding in India is killing thousands. While the GOP wears blinders, scientists predict this pattern is the new normal. Post includes a brilliant short video explaining how climate change will drive more catastrophic climate…
An eventful, surprising and disappointing night at the City Council. In a process in which there was so much very clear Mayoral and Councilor disappointment with the recommendation to extend the contract with Wells Fargo, where was the opportunity for public comment? Where was the opportunity to really explore options. There is a lesson here….read…
As a tribute to Susan Popovich, maybe we all should do what she’d do: show up. You don’t often get a chance to advocate on three important issues at one City Council meeting. But today you do. One issue in particular would have Susan there: the city’s plan to continue banking with Wells Fargo.
National Academy of Sciences says things are much worse than expected. Recent posts have strongly suggested the need for bold solutions to serious challenges. This post includes info from the National Academy, New Energy Economy and info on some bold strategies to address climate change from ABQ Mayoral candidate Tim Keller.
This report describes PNM’s efforts to mislead the PRC and once again foist the rate-payer with $445M in costs that could be avoided by closing the plant and dispels an important excuse about boldly developing NM’s renewable portfolio. This information may surprise you. We also report on last night’s City Council vote on Ranked Choice Voting.
When our friends at New Energy Economy ask for our support, we provide it and they are raising the alarm. And on another environmental front, the Sierra Club and our friends at Global Warming Express are launching a local after school program to educate kids about climate change and counter alt science education being foisted…
New study projects huge costs due to climate change, with most of the impact in the southwest, midwest, and Arizona, i.e. mostly GOP states. Map identifies impacts throughout the country. Chainbreaker launches Equity Summer. Details and actions you can take today!
Today’s post includes links to an article on Exxon shareholders’ remarkable vote, New Energy Economy’s increasing pressure on PNM, and information on an array of coming events.
This post covers what our exit from the Accords means to us internationally; what it means to our planet; what cities and states can do; what an indigenous alliance is doing, and just how advanced climate change may be. There are effective strategies emerging to an increasingly frightening challenge.