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20% more efficient by 2020

New buildings would have been 20% more energy efficient by 2020 under building codes adopted by the Construction Industries Commission in 2010, thanks in part to Environment New Mexico and our supporters. Unfortunately, Martinez administration officials reverted to less efficient codes in 2012 –- but we’ll keep fighting to get our strong energy codes back in place. We’ve done it once!

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We fought back against subsidized sprawl

In the 2008 legislative session, Environment New Mexico and our allies were able to stop the Legislature from approving a tax bill that would have sent 75% of increased tax revenue from new developments directly into the pockets of mega-developers like Verde Group and SunCal –- effectively subsidizing their efforts to turn tens of thousands of acres of land into sprawling developments and subdivisions.

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Attacks on public health defeated.

The coal lobby and their allies are trying to block the EPA from protecting public health, but we’ve held the line against some of their worst attacks: In March 2011, the U.S. Senate rejected a bill that would have blocked standards for soot, mercury and carbon pollution. In April, the Senate defeated four more bills that would have blocked the EPA from cutting air pollution. In November, the Senate defeated a bill that would have endangered up to 34,000 lives each year by allowing more soot and smog-forming pollution from power plants. We need your help to keep up the fight.

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Fuel efficiency standards to double by 2025.

After Environment New Mexico and our allies delivered more than 10,000 public comments in support of cleaner cars, the Obama administration announced that fuel-efficiency standards will double by 2025 to a fleetwide average of 54.5 mpg: the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil and tackle global warming. 

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EPA announces plan to protect our waters.

After thousands of members of Environment New Mexico and our sister organizations urged the Environmental Protection Agency to act, Administrator Jackson announced a plan to restore Clean Water Act protections. We’ve since delivered more than 100,000 public comments in support of clean water protections. We need your help to make sure the public’s voice is heard above the din of corporate lobbyists and special interests. 

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