Our Core Belief is that the Active Care of the Natural World is Integral to Spiritual Life and Social Justice

New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light works for climate justice by mobilizing faith communities, faith leaders and people of faith to reduce the causes and consequences of global climate change through religious inspiration, education, outreach, implementation of sustainable practices and advocating effective climate protection policies.

We are blessed to be a large interfaith community of love in action in New Mexico. Every voice is important.

There is still time to sign our petition!

Help us plug dangerous pipeline leaks!

We are writing as faith leaders and people of faith and conscience who know how important it is to care for one another. The health and safety of our neighbors, wherever they live, is very important. Analysis shows that U.S. natural gas pipelines leak as much as 2.7 million tons of methane into our atmosphere each year. That’s the same impact as roughly 50 million passenger cars!

This is a waste of resources and puts children, families and communities at risk. But it’s also a problem we can fix. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has a proposal that will help find and fix more leaks — but we need your help to get it across the finish line!

This Spring, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has the opportunity to lead and deliver on this win for climate and safety by directing his agency to finalize the rule as soon as possible. Communities need and deserve these protections now, and there is no time for further delay.

Sign our “Plug the Pipeline” petition

We will send to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to finalize Advanced Leak Detection & Repair Rule this spring.

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IPL New Mexico-El Paso Roundhouse Report

Read an overview of the some of the areas and bills that we followed during the recently concluded 30-day State Legislative session.

The summary includes appropriations and bills related to environment, environmental health and climate that PASSED and bills related to environment, health and climate that did not make it through

See the Legislative Action Guide  that we shared before the start of the legislative session, (which you can also download in MS Word format).

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April is Earth Month in New Mexico  

Mark Your Calendars for these events (updated April 8)

(click on each link for more information)  

 6 Tree New Mexico ABQ Mesa Village neighborhood tree planting

10 Faith Leaders Breakfast  Rev. Talitha Arnold from United Church of Santa Fe and Bishop Michael Hunn from Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande will lead particpants in a conversation on how we deepen our spiritual lives and sustain our commitment to transformation amidst crises of creation.

 15  An Evening with Larry Rasmussen, author of ‘The Planet You Inherit’ (This is a virtual event.  Register Here)

17  Care for the Earth Event (New Mexico State University)

18 Earth Day Nosh & Knowledge: Local Flavor at Congregation Albert (Albuquerque)

18 Screening of Documentary ‘Common Ground’ (Albuquerque Mennonite Church)

20  Earth Day Las Cruces

20 Earth Day Hike & Clean-Up on the Caja del Rio

21 Earth Day Festival  (Balloon Fiesta Park, Albuquerque)

22  Screening of Documentary ‘Common Ground’ (Central UMC-Albuquerque)

27  Tree New Mexico ABQ Tuscany neighborhood tree planting

27 Screening of documentary ‘Common Ground’ (First Congregational Church, Albuquerque)

Read Our Newsletters

Do you want to go back and read one of our New Mexico El Paso Interfaith Power & Light newsletters without searching through all your e-mails?  Our repository goes back  to October 29, 2021.  You can access the newsletters here.

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