As New Mexico’s families are dealing with a new reality during a public health emergency, it looks like the eco-left is maneuvering to put themselves first. According to this release from the American Energy Alliance, House and Senate Democrats are trying to slip in renewable tax credits and other green new deal-type policies into the bill being crafted to help our country fight against the coronavirus. The question is: do New Mexico’s elected members of Congress support sneaking in eco-left goals into a bill designed to help our nation recover from a public health emergency? We’ve already noticed while New…

As our state settles in to fight the Coronavirus, New Mexico’s energy workers are delivering what the radical environmental community never will: results. Let’s just take a moment to talk about some of the things New Mexican’s now rely on to get through the next few weeks and how they would be impossible without the fossil fuel industry: Meals for children Power for Hospitals and medical clinics Gas for cars to pick up food or go to the doctor Revenue from the energy industry to fund government response efforts. The Sierra Club? Natural Resources Defense Council? The San Juan Citizens…

The presumptive Democratic nominee for President is very clear about what he wants to do to the oil industry. The only question is, do New Mexico’s elected leaders agree? During last night’s Presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden couldn’t have been any clearer: “No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period.” Biden is telling the nation he is ready to wreak havoc on New Mexico’s economy by killing energy development. In New Mexico, the energy industry accounts for over 100,000 good-paying jobs and billions in…

It’s difficult to tell if they’re intentionally misleading or if they really just don’t get it. You might remember when our friends over at 350 New Mexico made the laughable claim that wind and solar have zero fuel cost to the environment. Now just a few months later, they’re back with another one: While it’s interesting to see the eco-left’s sudden concern for Wall Street, the economic reality of fracking is pretty easy to understand. In New Mexico, over $3 billion in revenue was delivered to the state making up 39 percent of the entire state budget…in a SINGLE year….

Millions in tax giveaways are now part of the law as the radical eco-left march continues in New Mexico. With the stroke of a pen, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed away millions in potential tax revenue this week. The green tax giveaway will prop up the solar energy in the state and could cost New Mexico as much as $52 million in lost income. Every radical environmentalist will tell you one of the reasons we must transition is because green energy is more affordable. Yet, it appears solar power can’t get by without government help in New Mexico. It also…

For all the whining from the eco-left about the influence of money in politics, you would think they’d have a little more self-awareness. The New Mexico Legislature just wrapped up its 30-day session and one radical eco-left group is among the biggest spenders. Conservation Voters of New Mexico (CVNM) spent nearly $23,000 during the session to wine-and-dine the state’s lawmakers. According to reports, CVNM spent more than $17,000 on a dinner at an upscale Santa Fe hotel and spa. Additionally, they spent $5,600 for a dinner hosted by the Democratic Party of New Mexico. No doubt the almost $23,000 spent…

Apparently, the rules are different for New Mexico’s eco-left. When it comes to infrastructure, like transmission lines, for traditional forms of energy there can never be enough environmental scrutiny. Reports, lawsuits and protests are their usual weapons of choice in fighting the energy industry. That’s what makes it so hypocritical that the environmental community is quiet as New Mexico residents fight against a green transmission line that will go through their property. Families are concerned about the impact of the new lines on local wildlife and yet New Mexico’s environmental community is nowhere to be found. Both Valencia and Socorro…

On Thursday, the political world woke up to learn Michael Bloomberg’s debate performance was less than stellar. The former New York City mayor was skewered by the other candidates and we wonder if the New Mexico politicians who have championed Bloomberg, and his money, are feeling a little awkward today. Attorney General Hector Balderas has two lawyers on staff who are bought and paid for, not by New Mexico’s taxpayers, but by Bloomberg. Balderas’ office has called the arrangement business as usual even as more and more question the ethics behind it. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller continues to be a…

New Mexico’s families deserve to know where their representatives stand when it comes to a disastrous new proposal from New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. The self-described “democratic socialist” introduced a bill to ban fracking throughout the United States.  The bill is being referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources of which New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland is a member. “The silence of our representatives is deafening, and New Mexicans deserve better,” said Larry Behrens, Western States Director for Power The Future. “New Mexico’s energy workers use fracking to produce over 100,000 jobs and billions to our economy. The…