TAOS, NM – As the world turns its attention to the Sochi Olympic Games, Environment New Mexico revealed a summary of global warming impacts on Winter Olympic sports, and highlighting the need to act urgently to reduce the carbon pollution fueling global warming.
SANTA FE, NM – On Wednesday, January 29th, the Santa Fe City Council made Santa Fe the first city in New Mexico to officially call for a fivefold increase in state solar energy production. The Council passed a resolution which highlighted the environmental, public health, and economic benefits of solar power, and urged the State of New Mexico and the Public Regulation Commission to set the goal of generating ten percent of New Mexico’s energy from solar power by the year 2020.
At a public meeting today held by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, groups announced the collection of more than 14,000 public comments supporting permanent protection of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks area. Business owners, local elected officials and residents joined conservation groups in urging Secretary Jewell and the Obama administration to safeguard the steep mountain cliffs and wildlife that are integral to the area's character, economy and quality of life.
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.
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.
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