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News Release | Environment New Mexico

Congressional Budget Helps New Mexico’s Special Places, Restores Parks Funding

ALBUQUERQUE – This week, U.S. House and Senate appropriators set funding levels for agencies like the National Park Service and finalized a comprehensive budget agreement. 

News Release | Environment New Mexico

New Mexico's National Parks and Monuments Are Underfunded, Under Threat

ALBUQUERQUE – As Congress approaches another deadline on the federal budget, a new Environment New Mexico Research & Policy Center analysis, entitled Death by a Thousand Cuts, exposes the challenges facing New Mexico’s national parks as a result of mounting funding cuts to the National Park Service.

News Release | Environment New Mexico

New Report: Wind Energy Yields Major Environmental Benefits for New Mexico; Reducing Pollution and Saving Water

Wind energy is on the rise in New Mexico and is providing huge environmental benefits for the state, according to a new report released today by Environment New Mexico. New Mexico’s wind energy is already avoiding more than 1.3 million metric tons of climate-altering carbon pollution – the equivalent of taking over 280,000 cars off the road, while saving over 600 million gallons of water per year – enough to meet the needs of over 15,000 people. 

News Release | Environment New Mexico Research & Policy Center

Fracking by the Numbers

Two-thirds of New Mexico is still in moderate to extreme drought, despite the recent rains and floods. At the same time, a new report calculates the toll of this dirty drilling on our environment, including 1.3 billion gallons of freshwater used since 2005. The Environment New Mexico Research & Policy Center report "Fracking by the Numbers" is the first of its kind to measure the footprint of fracking in New Mexico to date.

News Release | Environment New Mexico Research & Policy Center

Power Plants are New Mexico’s Largest Source of Global Warming Pollution

ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – On the heels of another summer of drought and wildfires, a new report from Environment New Mexico Research & Policy Center finds that power plants are New Mexico’s single largest source of carbon pollution. Scientists predict that extreme weather events will become more frequent and severe for future generations, unless we cut the dangerous carbon pollution fueling the problem. 

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