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EPA Administrator Repeals Essential Rules on Carbon & Mercury Emissions

June 12, 2025

SANTA FE – June 11th, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would roll back two critical standards for power plant pollution. The standards – for existing coal and new gas-fired power plants – regulate mercury, other toxic air pollution, and carbon emissions. The proposed changes would go into effect later this year.

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Conservation Voters New Mexico Statement on Destructive Reconciliation Bill 

May 21, 2025

[Washington, D.C.] – With a looming committee vote set for 1:00 AM ET Wednesday (May  21) to move the Republican-led reconciliation bill to the House floor, Conservation Voters  New Mexico Chief Operating Officer Molly Taylor released the following statement: “The reconciliation bill is extreme, and out of step with the needs of New Mexico  families. It proposes to threaten and gut programs that directly benefit our rural  communities, including clean energy investments, public lands, and emergency  response. These very same programs are also popular across party lines and are  fundamental for a diversified and stable economy. 

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CVNM Statement on Trump Executive Order Restricting State Rules

April 9, 2025

On April 8th, President Trump issued an unprecedented executive order  declaring “all State [sic] and local laws” dealing with “‘climate change’ or involving  ‘environmental, social, and governance’ initiatives, ‘environmental justice,’ carbon or  ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions, and funds to collect carbon penalties or carbon taxes.” It  instructs the US Attorney General to report back to the President within 60 days detailing  actions taken under the EO and any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary  to halt enforcement of any offending laws. 

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Press Release: EPA Administrator Guts the Agency; Calls to Eliminate 31 Essential Rules

March 14, 2025

On March 12, Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced he was gutting 31 EPA rules. In doing so, he reframed the purpose of the EPA saying the agency’s mission is to “lower the cost of buying a car, heating a home and running a business.” There was no mention of environmental protection in the Environmental Protection Agency’s new mission.

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Action Alert: SB 21 Passes House Energy 5-4, Help Get us Across the Finish Line!

March 13, 2025

In the coming days  the House floor will be voting to pass SB 21 –  Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act! As you probably know, in 2023, the Supreme Court released a devastating ruling that eliminated federal safeguards for our waterways by gutting the Clean Water Act. SB 21 would put water quality management in local, New Mexican hands responsive to our waters’ unique conditions and needs.

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New Mexico Sends Pro-Climate, Pro-Democracy Leaders to State Legislature State Bucks National Trends, Sends Climate Champs Back to D.C.

November 8, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 6, 2024   New Mexico Sends Pro-Climate, Pro-Democracy Leaders to State Legislature State Bucks National Trends, Sends Climate Champs Back…

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Action Alert: Help Protect New Mexico’s Special Waters

November 8, 2024

We have a landmark chance to get strong water quality protections for headwater streams on the Jemez, the Rio Hondo and in the Upper Rio Grande. Last month, the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) held a hearing on designating the Upper Pecos watershed as an Outstanding Natural Resource Water (ONRW), the most protective water quality designation under the Clean Water Act. There was near-unanimous public comment in support of that designation, including from Conservation Voters, and we expect the WQCC will approve the designation at a future meeting.

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