For Immediate Release: December 10, 2021

Contact: Jessica Gable, (202) 683-2478, jgable@fwwatch.org

Santa Fe, NM - In response to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s solicitation of comments on her proposal to make the state a “hub” for hydrogen production, a broad swath of Indigenous, environmental, social justice and public health advocates are voicing their opposition to any proposal that would prop up a hydrogen economy as a dangerous distraction to climate solution and a scam to continue a reliance on state revenue from fossil fuel fracking… read more

By Kaylene Loretto, Cultural Lands Organizer and Lauren Howland, Environmental Justice Organizer

— On November 15, 2021, The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that steps will be taken to protect The Greater Chaco Region. This announcement was not only unprecedented but a pivotal moment for Indigenous peoples and grassroots organizations who have been advocating for the protection of The Greater Chaco Landscape for decades. However with this win, the work doesn't stop here…

Counselor, NM — Members of the Greater Chaco Coalition are applauding President Joe Biden and Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s announcement to finally address environmental justice and meaningful tribal consultation for the Greater Chaco region…

Southern Tiwa Territory -- A group from the Greater Chaco Coalition, Pueblo Action Alliance, Diné C.A.R.E, and Wildearth Guardians will be traveling to Washington, D.C….

As Pueblo Youth, we bear testament that the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 never ended. We acknowledge that as descendants of Pueblo revolutionaries and powerful matriarchs….

Secretary Haaland to welcome totem pole at DC event on National Mall..

Native American activists and allies from across the country today began a cross-country tour called the Red Road to DC to highlight the threats to Indigenous sacred sites.

Santa Fe, NM—New rules adopted today will finally make oil and gas industry spills and releases illegal in New Mexico, upping protections for public health, safety, clean water, and the environment…

Pueblo communities in (so-called) New Mexico united in the name of revolution in 1680 to protect not just our lifeways, but Mother Earth. This solidarity between communities was integral to push out settler influences of forced religion, assimilation and greed…

VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE-- On Wednesday, April 14, representatives from New Mexico communities impacted by oil and gas extraction and environmental advocates will hold a press conference to discuss the climate, health and social impacts of the federal fossil fuel leasing program as well as issues of cultural integrity and Tribal consultation…

Please share and submit a public comment in opposition to the proposed "Sandia Peak Ski Area Mountain Coaster." They are proposing to build a mountain coaster at the peak and working to categorically exclude an Environmental Assesment or Environmental Impact Statement. There will be long term environmental impacts to the area if this were to be developed.

NEW MEXICO -- Pueblo Action Alliance urges the Department of Interior and the Biden-Harris Administration to move forward with bold action to address the federal oil and gas leasing system…

Deb Haaland’s nomination is historic in many ways. Herstory in the making as well as herstory being made as today the vote for Rep.Deb Haaland will take place.

President Biden’s recent executive order to pause oil and gas leasing on federal lands is a step forward toward ensuring clean air, water, land, and our culture for future generations.

“Through Pueblo Action Alliance and our partnership with the SouthWest Organizing Project, there were a few of us who were able to travel to the island in July 2019. Before the trip, I didn’t know what to expect…”

WASHINGTON, DC: President Biden released an executive order that will place an indefinite moratorium on all Federal Fossil Fuel Leasing in the so called US.