In every session, CVNM identifies bills that impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, our public lands and treasured wildlife, and our diverse communities. We evaluate each conservation-related bill and determine our top priority bills, other bills we’ll support, and any we oppose.
In every session, CVNM identifies bills that impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, our public lands and treasured wildlife, and our diverse communities. We evaluate each conservation-related bill and determine our top priority bills, other bills we’ll support, and any we oppose.
In every session, CVNM identifies bills that impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, our public lands and treasured wildlife, and our diverse communities. We evaluate each conservation-related bill and determine our top priority bills, other bills we’ll support, and any we oppose.
Last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled to throw out Louisiana’s new voting maps, citing them as unconstitutional gerrymandering (Louisiana v Callais et al.). This ruling directly conflicts with the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was created to remedy voter suppression that resulted in the gross underrepresentation of Black voters. In this edition of Learning Lab, we outline the importance of the Voting Rights Act, what this ruling might mean, and what New Mexico’s leaders can do about it.
In every session, CVNM identifies bills that impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, our public lands and treasured wildlife, and our diverse communities. We evaluate each conservation-related bill and determine our top priority bills, other bills we’ll support, and any we oppose.
Wednesday, February 26th 2026, Conservation Voters New Mexico released the New Mexico delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 National Environmental Scorecard highlighting our state’s leaders’ work to protect our environment despite an unprecedented year with a record number of attacks on our environment and democracy. Our delegation fought against climate deniers in Congress who repeatedly chose loyalty to the Trump administration and Big Polluters over making life more affordable, safer, and healthier for their own constituents. The result has been higher energy costs for working families, lost jobs and economic opportunities, the selling of tens of millions of acres of public lands and waters to Big Polluters, fewer clean air and water safeguards, and increased pollution.
Last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled to throw out Louisiana’s new voting maps, citing them as unconstitutional gerrymandering (Louisiana v Callais et al.). This ruling directly conflicts with the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which was created to remedy voter suppression that resulted in the gross underrepresentation of Black voters. In this edition of Learning Lab, we outline the importance of the Voting Rights Act, what this ruling might mean, and what New Mexico’s leaders can do about it.
Wednesday, February 26th 2026, Conservation Voters New Mexico released the New Mexico delegation’s scores for the League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 National Environmental Scorecard highlighting our state’s leaders’ work to protect our environment despite an unprecedented year with a record number of attacks on our environment and democracy. Our delegation fought against climate deniers in Congress who repeatedly chose loyalty to the Trump administration and Big Polluters over making life more affordable, safer, and healthier for their own constituents. The result has been higher energy costs for working families, lost jobs and economic opportunities, the selling of tens of millions of acres of public lands and waters to Big Polluters, fewer clean air and water safeguards, and increased pollution.
Tuesday, February 17th 2026, the New Mexico state legislature passed SB 264 Election Rights and Troops at Elections on a party-line vote of 41-26. The legislation, sponsored by Senators Angel Charley and Joseph Cervantes, and Representatives Katy Duhigg, Heather Bergmans, and Cindy Nava, makes election interference by ICE officials or the federal government through military directive a fourth-degree felony.
Created during the 2023 legislative session, the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund (LOE) does what has never been done in New Mexico. It invests long-term in supporting statewide programs that help protect and restore our lands, water, wildlife, and cultural heritage.
On April 22nd, in celebration of Earth Day, the Biden-Harris administration unveiled the Solar for All program, a historic $7 billion investment in clean energy deployment and access for every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. New Mexico was one of 60 entities selected and was awarded $156 million
In the northern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert, 30 miles east of the town of Carlsbad and the Pecos River, sits the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). It is the nation’s only deep repository for transuranic nuclear waste, storing such waste from around the country.
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