This year, the New Mexico Legislature passed a $10.2 billion budget including the most significant environmental investments in state history. Over $400 million was allocated to once-in-a-generation climate and conservation programs in the state’s budget bill, House Bill 2.
CVNM Statement on State Senate Passage of HB 41
February 14, 2024
Clean Fuels will reduce air pollution and improve health outcomes for New Mexico communities. Yesterday, the New Mexico Senate passed HB 41 Clean Transportation Fuel Standards by a vote of 26 to 15.
Passage of Clean Cars Clean Trucks
November 30, 2023
New Mexico is celebrated for its clear blue skies – but some neighborhoods can only glimpse hints of that beauty through the haze of pollution. On November 16th, 2023, New Mexico took an essential step toward changing that unfortunate reality.
Community Solar
November 20, 2023
New Mexico is blessed with the perfect profile of sun and wind to fully supply our energy needs. It is a perfect medley of clean, renewable resources that can provide for all New Mexicans. Tapping into this potential was the impetus behind the passage of Community Solar. Created during the 2021 legislative session, it aims to provide more New Mexicans access to clean local electricity.
SB-1 Regional Water Resiliency Program
November 20, 2023
New Mexican water systems have suffered for years, unable to keep pace with changing demographics and climate change in the state. These volunteer programs have…
SB-337 Water Security Planning Act
November 20, 2023
As New Mexico grapples with issues of water management in our dry state, one positive step forward was the Water Policy and Infrastructure Planning Task…
HB 4 -Voting Rights Protections
June 13, 2023
New Mexico’s Indigenous, low-income, rural, and communities of color are most severely affected by the symptoms of climate change – higher temperatures, worsening drought, and…
Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund
June 13, 2023
Transformative legislation like Senate Bill 9, which created the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund, doesn’t take shape overnight. A surplus in the budget and bipartisan…
The passage of SB 53, Storage of Certain Radioactive Waste, marked a significant step forward in New Mexico determining its own nuclear future.