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R.A.C.C. Update
Due to the pandemic, the public portions of R.A.C.C’s monthly board meetings are cancelled until further notice.
Our bi-monthly newsletter and our facebook posts below will endeavor to keep you up to date and informed about Rio Chama Watershed and New Mexico fracking news. We are taking this time to build more educational resources into our website and invite you to check back with us as we build on that key portion of our mission statement.
Please feel free to contact us at info@rioarribaconcernedcitizens.com with any questions or concerns. We love our watershed community and hope for everyone’s safety during this pandemic.
RACC April/May News 2020
A Surge in the Darkness by Barbara Turner At night, through the thick walls of my house here by the El Rito Creek, I can hear the spring runoff beginning. The sound of the water surging over the rocky creek bottom inserts itself into my dreams and is both soothing and...
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The state of New Mexico relies upon oil and gas royalties for up to 40% of it's overall budget - one more of the many reasons we need to find sustainable revenue streams and not put us at the mercy of a dying industry. Note below - sustainable energy industries are not being offered the same benefits given to oil and gas during the covid crisis.
Ailing oil companies get a pass on royalties
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According to documents obtained by High Country News, the BLM bypassed normal processes to provide pandemic relief.It is up to us to choose what we want our future to look like. Covid is forcing us all to look into the dark corners of humanity – and our Covid recovery responses will show what stuff we all are made of. Will lessons be learned? Can they be learned by vast numbers of people worldwide? Read on.
…”Canadian physician Dr. Courtney Howard, in an interview in Yes, said the coronavirus crisis “at first seems unrelated to climate, but it has a lot of consequences for the conversation around climate and health …
..."The whole coronavirus outbreak is a giant wake-up call in terms of planetary health because what it’s saying is, ‘Hey, there’s a lack of care at the intersection of humans and the natural world, and that’s what allowed a zoonotic virus to make a jump into humans.’ "
..."Essentially, we’re in a generational tipping point,” she said. “Things have been disrupted, so now we have this opportunity: how can we apply the lessons that we’ve learned to saving lives this century and into the next?”
Silver Lining Of Pandemic: An Opportunity To Make The World A Better Place
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OpEd: Will out of this calamity come a better world? Or will the world go through this gateway “dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred."Sustainable Good News Sunday features items from Green Tech Media. First, in early May in the midst of the covid crisis – The U.S. Department of the Interior signed off on the 690-megawatt Nevada Gemini Solar Project, which could be the largest U.S. solar plant constructed. It helps move the state toward its requirements - 50% renewables by 2030 and 100% clean energy by 2050. Then, now might be a great time to jump into a podcast series – see a link below to The Energy Gang, which has a wide variety of topics to choose from – check it out! Next, 5 worldwide wind energy giants are making a shift to embrace solar energy - as it accounted for 40% of new U.S. generation capacity in 2019, its largest share in history. This article lists the top 5 to watch for the next decade. Finally, another plug for one of The Energy Gang podcasts, addressing recent positive developments in battery storage and renewable electricity generation in the face of the COVID caused economic crunch – which has has been difficult for both fossil resources and renewables. Enjoy! (links in comments section).
Trump Administration Approves $1B Gemini Solar Project in Nevada Desert
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The 690-megawatt Gemini project won federal approval despite lingering controversy over its environmental footprint.