People of faith and conscience are concerned for health of our communities and sacred creation. We support a state directive to end wasteful practices like venting, leaking and flaring of methane gas in the oil and gas industry because this is a moral concern with many implications for creation and communities. This practice wastes up to $244 million in salable gas every year and tens of millions more in tax and royalty revenue that could be invested in New Mexico’s education system. Methane is also a potent natural gas that contributes to climate change and pollution. In the last 4 years New Mexico has produced half of the US methane waste on federal and tribal lands and 93% of the waste was AVOIDABLE.

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New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light

www.nm-ipl.org

PO Box 27162, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87125