Restore Clean Water Act Protections

Secretary Salazar, Senator Bingaman and Administration Officials to Hold America’s Great Outdoors Initiative Listening Session in Albuquerque 7/15/2010

Secretary Salazar, Senator Bingaman and other senior administration officials will participate in a listening session on President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from people in the region about solutions for building a 21st century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting Americans with the outdoors

Environmental Groups Applaud Bingaman for Leadership, Urge for More 7/14/2010

Climate change legislation has stalled in the U.S. Senate, and environmentalists want Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico to do something about it.

Diverse Groups Call for Clean Energy Jobs & Legislation 7/08/2010

Speakers from a local clean energy business and grassroots environmental organizations joined prominent youth advocates in highlighting the growth in New Mexico’s clean energy economy.

The Nuclear Bailout 6/14/2010

New nuclear reactors are not cheap, not clean, and will set America back in the race against global warming. Most importantly, they are not necessary. Clean energy technologies can begin cutting global warming pollution right away, do so at lower cost and with less risk, and will create more jobs in the process.

Courting Disaster 2/10/2010

For decades, the Clean Water Act protected the Nation’s surface water bodies from unregulated pollution and rescued them from the crisis status they were in during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Now these vital protections are being lost. This report details the threat to our Nation’s waters by examining dozens of case studies, and highlights the urgent need for Congress to restore full Clean Water Act protections to our waters.