SB48 to create the Community Benefits Fund is being heard in the House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources committee at the New Mexico Legislature today. Tune in via the webcast: https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/harmony
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The Community Benefit Fund provides $340M to modernizing our electric grid, funding local solar, renewable energy and efficiency, bike and pedestrian projects, lands conservation and outdoor recreation and more. Learn more on our website: https://clearhorizonsnm.org/community-benefit-fund/
The Community Benefit Fund is a transformative initiative that empowers communities across NM by investing in locally-driven projects that reduce pollution, create jobs, & build resilience in the face of a changing climate.
By prioritizing community needs and leveraging innovative solutions, the Community Benefit Fund (Senate Bill 83) ensures a sustainable and thriving future for all New Mexicans. It's vital that we invest temporary surpluses into the future we want to build for all of us.
Most of the room raised their hands in support of the Community Benefit Fund and the committee is allowing 3 people who support to speak in the room and 2 on Zoom. Only 2 people in total spoke in opposition.
Somos Un Pueblo Unidos speaks in support, noting that immigrants make up 10% of the NM population but 13% of the workforce. The spokesperson spoke in Spanish and there is a translator. "We want training for jobs in innovative industries" and more.
@govmlg.bsky.social's Senior Climate Policy Advisor Travis Kellerman speaks in support of CBF bc it supports economic development in key areas that won't be maintained by federal funding any longer. "We need adaptation, we need mitigation & we need diversification of our economy."
I'm 20 and I'm excited about SB48 and the Community Benefits Fund being discussed in the House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources committee at the New Mexico Legislature today. I'll definitely tune in via the webcast: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/harmony.
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