FOSSIL FUELS = CLIMATE CHAOS
NM Hub For Events, Rallies and Ways to Take Action
New Mexico Climate Justice highlights local community leaders, youth, communities of color, justice events and actions to take in a single hub—on social media and through emails. It helps lay the foundation for concerned citizens to organize and mobilize against shared threats of oil and gas extraction, air pollution, and heavy industry. .
Rio Communities’ Residents Fight Heavy Industrial Rezone
Raising community awareness around a proposed Heavy Industrial rezone of 300 acres adjacent to residential homes in Rio Communities, a small town one hour south of Albuquerque. Heavy industry would expose residents to harmful air pollutants and potential water contamination. NMCJ is working in collaboration with Protect Rio Communities and Valencia Water Watchers to help spread the word about the proposed zoning changes, and use our social media platform to inform followers about important rapid response actions, including community meetings, petitions, and protests.
Win for Rio Communities 2023 –Developer Harvey Yates withdrew his application! However the community will need to stay vigilant and aware of any future applications.
Supporting Mountain View Coalition For Clean Air
New Mexico Climate Justice is working to build community awareness and support to pass a historic Health, Environment & Equity Impacts Regulation at the Bernalillo County, Albuquerque airboard. This new rule that considers cumulative impacts would allow the air board to deny air pollution permits to facilities proposed in communities already bearing the disproportionate burden of air pollution. This regulation is being brought forth by the Mountain View Coalition and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. We are helping raise awareness by sharing petitions, interviews with long time organizers, and event graphics for the public to participate in upcoming hearings Spring 2023
No Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) in Rio Rancho
Fighting a Proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) storage facility in Rio Rancho, Albuquerque by New Mexico Gas Company. LNG liquefaction requires immense energy in order to achieve the ultra low temperatures required for condensation, refrigeration, venting, leaks, and flaring which make LNG more energy intensive than conventional natural gas. This poses environmental health risks, as well as a continuing reliance on fossil fuel extraction. This storage project would also be estimated to pass on the cost of $181 million of facility construction to ratepayers in the future.
Coalition Work:
NMCL is part of People Vs. Fossil Fuels, Stop the Money Pipeline and Protect Greater Chaco Coalitions bringing information on national issues to New Mexico, such as #StopWillow ConocoPhillips Alaska Drilling Project and planning small protest actions in partnership with local orgs at Chase Bank and Wells Fargo, which are among the leading financiers of fossil fuel extraction. As part of these coalitions, we were also organizing against Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline in 2022.