Citizens Caring for the Future: Videos

Health Impact Assessment Info Session

This meeting features four speakers sharing their experience of organizing and carrying out a Health Impact Assessment in their community. Many community members in the Permian suspect that record oil & gas production over the past few years has had a negative impact on public health. New Mexico's choice to underfund environmental regulatory agencies has put our communities at risk, and data on health impacts is badly needed. Citizens Caring for the Future plans to begin gathering that important data.

Check out the meeting in English or Spanish!

Feb. 3, 2021.

Community members from Citizens Caring for the Future (CCFF) in Southeast New Mexico shared their experiences on bringing their voices to statewide policy discussions on oil and gas – addressing air emissions, waste issues and lack of publicly accessible information.

Chili Yazzie shares about the drastic changes that he’s seen over his lifetime around his home in Shiprock on the Diné Nation in New Mexico (Video courtesy of Methane Matters)

Denton McCullough returned home to Carlsbad, New Mexico hoping to retire there. He’s shocked by how much the boom and bust cycle of the oil and gas industry has changed his city.(Video courtesy of Methane Matters)

Nick King sees the air he breathes, the water he drinks, and the land beneath his feet as a gift from God. He sees the risks to these gifts all around his hometown of Carlsbad. (Video courtesy of Methane Matters)

NMIPL Seed Awards 2020: Citizens Caring for the Future (Excerpts from Unearthed Video)

Unearthed 2020: From Boom to Bust spotlights the state’s over-reliance on the oil and gas industry, its health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a chronic lack of resources for state agencies in charge of protecting New Mexicans’ air, land, water, and wildlife.

CAVU’s update to the acclaimed UNEARTHED video series features voices direct from the Permian and experts on public health, state budgetary processes and outdoor recreation who demonstrate how our largest economic driver impacts the quality of life for New Mexicans. Learn more on the UNEARTHED website, a project of Climate Advocates/Voces Unidas

Citizens Caring for the Future, Presentation on Zoom, September 8, 2020