Author name: Jordan Vaughan Smith

In an exciting stroke of the pen, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced this week that New Mexico will join the U.S. Climate Alliance, adding New Mexico to the growing list of states pledging to embrace the necessary and ambitious goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. We were honored to stand near the governor as she

We are thrilled to report that the newly appointed members of New Mexico’s Oil Conservation Commission have voted to suspend and rehear their recent order that would have doubled the number of gas wells in San Juan and Rio Arriba counties.

“With new leadership in the state house, comes new opportunity to makes real gains for our state,” said CAVU’s Executive Director, Jordan Vaughan Smith. “In her inauguration speech, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled her intention to move forward with a methane mitigation rule to protect New Mexico’s public health, climate and economy. Now is the time to double-down on our commitment to making a better future for New Mexico by adding capacity to our organization with these accomplished professionals who will help us do just that.”

Recently CAVU launched its Methane Matters campaign to create awareness and gather public input on New Mexico’s HUGE methane problem.

“We are placed in a role not merely of dominance over but in dependence upon the natural world, serving in sacred stewardship.” 
—Reverend Andrew Black

As CAVU works to tell the multifaceted story of oil and gas in New Mexico, the Unearthed Initiative continues to grow in viewership and partnership across the West. Citizens throughout the West are noticing parallels between New Mexico’s story and that of Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana and others.  Though it is hard to measure the

CAVU is set to launch Unearthed: Exploring Oil & Gas Issues in New Mexico at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe on Thursday, November 16 at 7pm. Tickets are available at lensic.org for $10; hurry, they’re selling fast! After premiering part 1 of the 10-part series, we’ll host a panel discussion with some of

Since February, CAVU’s most recent campaign Ahead of the Tide has reached more than a million people throughout the state of Florida, around the country and the globe through videos, social media, news articles and public forums — and we’re just getting started! This September, the Ahead of the Tide campaign will relaunch our ten-part video series and a new

CAVU and the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club recently created a successful partnership conducting overflights and producing a short video highlighting major areas of pollution from methane gas leaks in northwestern New Mexico’s San Juan Valley. Following on the heels of this collaboration and CAVU’s dedication to climate change initiatives, we are now committed to