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2023-2024

Issue Spotlight:
Water

It’s now been over one year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a devastating ruling in Sackett v EPA, the effects of which were immediate – and ongoing. Last May, the Court ruled that the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) does not protect wetlands except under specific and narrow circumstances. While other states had state-level laws to fall back on, New Mexico doesn’t. Immediately up to 94% of New Mexico’s surface waters face severe risk of degradation from unchecked discharges of pollution.

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2023-2024

Quick Hits

Appropriated $300 million for the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund to invest in critical land, water and wildlife projects across New Mexico in perpetuity

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2023-2024 Elected Spotlight

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Lujan Grisham signed other years-in-the-making climate bills into law, including Clean Transportation Fuel Standards, which will help reduce transportation pollution and protect public health as the state continues to transition toward clean energy.

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Past Scorecard Highlights, Issues and Spotlights

2023

Issue Spotlight: Economic Transition Act

One of the central tenets changing the conversation around climate change policy is a concept referred to as “just transition.” Just transition refers to the understanding that communities who have historically borne the brunt of impacts from climate change need to have an active role in shaping the energy transition.…
2023

Elected Spotlight: Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver

New Mexico Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver has been involved in public life and service in New Mexico for the last twenty years. Her expertise spans many issue areas, as she was one of the original New Mexico staffers for the League of Conservation Voters. Her profile rose again significantly…
2023

Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2023 Session

New Speaker: The 2023 session saw a new Speaker of the New Mexico House assume the gavel as Representative Javier Martinez was elected to succeed the outgoing Brian Egolf. One of his first moves was to shake up House committees, most notably favoring Rep. Nathan Small for chair of the…
2022
2022 Scorecard Dedication
2022
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2022 Session
2022
Elected Spotlight: A Speaker’s Legacy
2022
Issue Spotlight: The Ticking Clock on Climate
2021
Issue Spotlight: Why Good Legislation Dies
2021
Elected Spotlight: New Voices
2021
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2021 Session
2021
2021 Scorecard Dedication
2020
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2020 Session
2020
Elected Spotlight: Public Regulation Commission
2020
Issue Spotlight: New Mexico’s Budget Process
2020
2020 Scorecard Dedication
2019
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Grade: A
2019
Quick Hits: Highlights from the 2019 Session
2019
Issue Spotlight:
The Energy Transition Act
2017-2018
Stories + Themes of the 2017 – 2018 Legislature
2017-2018
Moving Toward Clean Energy in the Four Corners Region
2017-2018
The 2017 Renewable Portfolio Standard
2015-2016
Aubrey Dunn and the Politics of Pollution
2015-2016
The Solar Tax Credits and You
2015-2016
Stories of the ’15 and ’16 Sessions
2015-2016
2015-2016 Champions