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…
Today we thank the many scores of you who were part of the Roundhouse Advocacy effort. The relationships formed in this work is what will help us continue our efforts to achieve justice in NM. As usual, on Mondays we include a reprise of the week’s posts exposing shocking backdoor Roundhouse deals & serious threats…
The Roundhouse continues to dominate the news with the PRC lawsuit shedding light on what SB 489 was really about, calls to action to protect seed sovereignty and our waters from “produced” toxic fracking water, plus another call to action in support of local activist Ken Mayer. All actions are still in play, links provided…
Throughout the Roundhouse session, Retake called for amendments to SB 489 to prevent the artful evisceration of PRC authority to regulate energy generation in NM and to ensure PRC authority over the selection of replacement power when San Juan closes. The PRC’s suit filed last week makes clear that we were right in our concerns…
In the next two days we will have action alerts for calling the Governor, today about a bill that would allow G&O to treat toxic fracked water and sell it for use on NM agriculture. Is there no end to the degree to which this industry will seek to exploit our land and water?
There will be a good deal of finger pointing, but as is laid out in this post, the blame for this falls with Democratic leadership from the Governor to the leadership of each chamber and many committees.
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…
We include news on a nationwide student strike for climate change on Friday, including here in Santa Fe with Santa Fe strikers speaking at Collected Works at 11am today. Critical election reform bills being heard today in Senate Rules and a NY Times Op-Ed and two very compelling video depicting why we don’t get what…
In our recent posts, we have featured the views of those left out of the crafting of SB 489, PRC Commissioners, New Energy Economy, and now an alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Southwest. Their statement is more powerful than anything I’ve seen. Hearing is tomorrow at 9 a.m. We need you and we need…
Senate Conservation hearing on SB 489 is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. Despite receiving recommendations on Tuesday that they sought last Friday, bill sponsors and bill supporters who were at the Friday meeting have been silent. Despite an Open Letter to the Governor calling for such a meeting, no meeting has been called. Instead,…