We’ve escaped the election, largely unscathed on the national level. And in NM, our plate is set for a transformational legislative session. Thanksgiving can be a time of food, family and frolic, but with a four day weekend, it can… Read More ›
Green Amendment
New Study Makes NM’s Path Clear: Accelerate to Renewables or Face Huge Economic Consequences of Gas & Oil’s Inevitable Collapse
Today we share a new strategy for getting the Green Amendment passed in 2022. And we offer excerpts and commentary on the inevitable collapse of gas & oil and how NM must behave if it is to minimize the damage…. Read More ›
22 Year-Old Kirtland Air Base Massive Toxic Plume Remains Unmitigated, Texas Court Denies Suit to Force Air Force to Do Something: Green Amendment Anyone?
Also, a quote from Heather Cox Richardson and link to her 4.22 post, commentary on Kirtland and how it demonstrates the need for a Green Amendment and a link to Kiss the Ground, a powerful film about sustainable agriculture &… Read More ›
URGENT ALERT: ACTION NEEDED NOW! Plus a Legislative Update; A Look Forward, and a Look Back at Last Week
This is why we do this. A team of advocates has been working for months with bill sponsors to develop SJR-3 aka The Green Amendment. An unfriendly amendment from Sen. Ivey-Soto threatens to undermine the bill’s intent and power. We… Read More ›
The Truth About How a State Public Bank Would Benefit New Mexicans; A Green Amendment Response to Critics; Ta-Nehisi Coates On the Capitol Insurrection
We offer a short, clear piece on why we need a Public Bank, plus a 28-minute interview with Maya K. Van Rossum, founder of the Green Amendment, responding to concerns about the legislation, then an insightful interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates… Read More ›
The Stone Age Didn’t End for Lack of Stones. Do We Wait Til We Run Out of Oil to Regulate it? It’s Time to Send a Message to Gas & Oil.
We begin with a legislative update, followed by a feature piece on how our legislators are getting weak-kneed in the face of gas and oil lobbyists descrying that this is not the time to “send a message to G&O.” At… Read More ›