14. Upgrade distribution systems so that they have the capacity to accommodate the continued growth of distributed
generation, building electrification, electric vehicles, and emerging technologies; and
15. Close the Halliburton loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act and require that all chemicals used in hydraulic
fracturing (fracking) must be disclosed to the appropriate government regulators as public information; and
16. Support the formation of a National Infrastructure Bank (NIB) modeled on the four previous nationally chartered
public banks to fund the development of the infrastructure needed to achieve our renewable energy transition; and
17. Reject hydrogen production that utilizes any form of fossil fuel, either directly or as fossil-fuel-powered energy;
and
18. Ensure that all New Mexicans, including landowners, communities of color, and affected tribal nations, are
honored and respected in the decision-making and energy-implementation processes; and
19. Ban the importing and use of clean water for fracking purposes, and require that the oil and gas industry account
for all water: from its origination source; the amount used and recovered; the toxicity of the fracking waste
“produced water” that results; and where that waste ultimately ends up. Require that the oil and gas industry be
transparent with the public on these findings; and
20. Stop the use of fracking waste “produced water” and criminalize the contamination of watershed; and
21. Educate and empower our population using independent data with scientific integrity to face the challenges of
climate change, including mitigation strategies; and
22. Support improved government regulation to ensure our water is not polluted by agricultural, mining, sewage
treatment, chemical, oil and gas, or other activities; and
23. Increase funding of the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division to adequately staff all offices with qualified
personnel at competitive salaries to oversee drilled wells, witness and verify the integrity of all wellbores, and
enforce the most stringent federal and state environmental regulations, while creating public involvement and
oversight of this process; and
24. Respect the cultural heritage and historical use of acequias and other traditional irrigation practices; and
25. Engage and involve Black, Indigenous and other people of color, lower-income and working-class people in
meaningful consultation and full participation “at the table” from the beginning: when collecting data;
researching; investigating; engaging in environmental justice planning; and in formulating solutions to
unsustainable development and environmentally harmful practices; and
26. Support implementation of the “30 x 30 Initiative” (to conserve 30% of the nation’s land and water by 2030) and
keep public lands public for all time; and
27. Support the protection and reclamation of New Mexico’s state land, public land, and natural resources from
damage inflicted by extractive industries; and
28. Support federal Wild and Scenic Rivers designation for the Gila, the last free-flowing river in New Mexico and its
tributaries; and
29. Support the protection and preservation of our National and State Parks, Forests, Monuments, World Heritage
Sites, and Indigenous sacred sites, especially those in New Mexico, such as Chaco Canyon and Valle del Oro; and
30. Support the Endangered Species Act to protect threatened and endangered animals; and
31. Support a state-level moratorium on the building, placement, or expansion of existing factory animal farms; and
32. Support enlisting farmers and ranchers as partners in promoting conservation and stewardship; and
33. Advocate for legislation and policies that will require state and local governments to implement federal Justice40
policies, rules, and laws (to deliver at least 40% of the overall benefits from federal investments in climate and
clean energy to disadvantaged communities). Coordinate with federal government agencies to remediate the
harms caused by decades of environmental and economic injustice and build instead healthy and sustainable
communities for all through massive investments in infrastructure designed and developed by and for the people;
and
34. Establish an independent and transparent baseline for groundwater based on Cumulative Impact Analyses; test for
groundwater quantity and quality before new permits are issued; and ensure due process in these water permitting
procedures; and
35. Advocate for federal, state, and local legislation that will require government agencies to consider cumulative
impacts from multiple pollutants and sources, mandatory limits on fossil-fuel emissions in already polluted
communities, and the applicants’ past violations when such agencies are making permitting decisions under water