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Jump into advocacy this New Year by signing our petition to thank the Department of Energy for conducting these analyses and to urge the Trump administration to heed the dire warnings that they lay bare. 

New Mexico is a national leader in natural gas production. Liquified natural gas, or LNG for short, is a supercooled form of the fossil fuel that allows it to be more readily stored and transported. New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, three tribal nations, and Baja California recently signed an agreement to increase LNG exports to Asian markets. If approved, this could have far-reaching consequences for state and local energy security, climate goals, and public health. 

Grassroots organizations and environmental advocates have criticized attempts to expand LNG storage and export capacity in New Mexico. Just last year, a controversial LNG storage facility was proposed in Rio Rancho, just a mere mile from Petroglyph National Monument, but was ultimately denied by the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission. 

Recent analyses from the Department of Energy, released in December 2024, found that increased LNG export to new markets could reduce domestic supply, raising energy costs for New Mexico consumers. Production, storage and transportation of LNG could further increase carbon pollution in communities that have long borne the brunt of decades of environmental injustices. Please take a minute to sign this petition and show your support for heeding concerns outlined by the Department of Energy’s LNG export analyses.