Please sign this Letter To The Leaders  to show your support for having a New Mexico Green Amendment securing your RIGHT to clean water and air, healthy soils and native ecosystems, a safe climate, and healthy environment.The New Mexico Green Amendment has been pre-filed in the House and the Senate. The two pre-filed versions are slightly different.  Each version reflects feedback received from New Mexico community members and government leaders. The goal of having two complimentary but slightly different versions is to see which version resonates best with New Mexicans.  (You can find the pre-filed language below)

It is essential that New Mexico leaders know there is broad, strong and growing support for a New Mexico Green Amendment.  

To show your support please sign and share this Letter to the Leaders. 

• Both individuals and organizations are invited to sign.

The letter expresses the importance of having a New Mexico Green Amendment and takes on some of the misinformation the opposition has been circulating:  ü  Read the letter and add your name here. 

Once you’ve signed please share the letter and link with others in your community. 

Leader in an organization that wants to help collect signatures? If your organization, rather than sharing the link, would prefer to put a version of this letter on your own website to collect signatures from your community that can later be submitted as part of the effort, email maya@forthegenerations.org and we can get you the text and coordinate efforts.  

Pre-filed New Mexico Green Amendments:

Pre-Filed NM House Green  Amendment version:

SECTION 1. It is proposed to amend Article 2 of the constitution of New Mexico by adding a new:

A.     The people of the state shall be entitled to clean and healthy air, water, soil and environments; a stable climate; and self-sustaining ecosystems, for the benefit of public health, safety and general welfare. The state shall protect these rights equitably for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, tribal membership status, gender, socioeconomics, or geography. 

B.     The state, counties and municipalities shall serve as trustee of the natural resources of New Mexico and shall conserve, protect and maintain these resources for the benefit of all the people, including present and future generations.

C. The provisions of this section are self-executing. Monetary damages shall not be awarded for a violation of this section. This section is enforceable against the state, counties and municipalities.  

Pre-Filed NM Senate Green  Amendment version:

SECTION 1. It is proposed to amend Article 2 of the constitution of New Mexico by adding a new:

A.     The people of the state shall be entitled to clean and healthy air, water, soil, native ecosystems, and environment, including a safe climate, for the benefit of public health, safety and general welfare. The state shall protect these rights equitably for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, tribal affiliation, gender, socioeconomics, or geography. 

B.     The state, counties and municipalities shall serve as trustee of the natural resources of New Mexico and shall conserve, protect and maintain these resources for the benefit of all the people, including present and future generations.  The state, counties and municipalities shall not allow, through government action or inaction, the degradation, diminution, or depletion of the natural environment that is avoidable, contributes to significant or widespread environmental harm, or results in an unhealthy or unsustainable environment.  

C.    The provisions of this section are self-executing. Monetary damages shall not be awarded for a violation of this section. This section is enforceable against the state, counties and municipalities.