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2026 Student Showcase: Best Storytelling and Most Practical & Effective Concept

Across this year’s CAVU Student Showcase, students didn’t just learn about climate change—they told stories, built solutions, and showed what’s possible when young people are…

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Opening the 2026 CAVU Student Showcase with our Honorable Mentions!

The future is already here. It’s time to meet it. What if the most promising climate solutions in the world weren’t coming from boardrooms… but…

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Fall 2023 Newsletter

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A woman sits at a table with two adults applauding beside her and children standing and clapping in the background. A text overlay reads: Thank You Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for leading on climate action!.

And just like that, we’re getting to work on climate!

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…

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Double Drilling gets a Double Take!

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…

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CAVU Adds New Leadership in 2019

“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…

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CAVU Launches Methane Matters Campaign

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

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Special Podcast to Broadcast on KSFR

“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

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Unearthed reaches audiences across the West

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…

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Unearthed Launch Event

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…

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Ahead of the Tide Makes a Splash in Florida

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…

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Methane is a Hot Issue in New Mexico

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…

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