{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-congresswoman-stansbury-pushes-diversify-new-mexicos-economy-create", "VIDEO: Congresswoman Stansbury Pushes to Diversify New Mexico\u2019s Economy, Create Clean Energy Transition", "2021-12-02", "2021", "2021-12", "Democrat", "House", "NM", "Melanie A. Stansbury", "S001218", "stansbury.house.gov", "stansbury", "https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/wf3s1YbOo6U\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 During a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources oversight hearing this morning that addressed fossil fuel emissions on public lands and their role in meeting U.S. climate goals, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) emphasized the need for immediate action to address the climate crisis, addressed misinformation on fossil fuel extraction, and highlighted the need for a just transition to renewable energy and diversify the state\u2019s economy to provide for the well-being of New Mexico communities.\n\nCurrently, nearly a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions come from fossil fuels extracted from public lands, while our public lands absorb only about 15 percent of those emissions. In her remarks, Rep. Stansbury worked to correct misinformation pertaining to the relationship between oil and gas prices and supply and demand. Rep. Stansbury also addressed New Mexico\u2019s economic dependency on oil and gas extraction, speaking to the need for sustainable jobs and other community resources to put our nation on a path to a just transition to renewable energy.\n\n\u201cWe are literally at a tipping point,\u201d said Rep. Stansbury. \u201cThe [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report that was released a few months ago told us that if we do not take action globally\u2014across every sector of our society, on every continent of this planet to cut carbon emissions, we will cross a tipping point that will affect every community on this planet. So that means we have to address climate change on our public lands, in all of our industries, in our electricity sector, in our oil and gas sector, in our transportation sector\u2014we don\u2019t have a choice at this point because our planet is facing a global tipping point.\u201d\n\nRep. Stansbury continued by questioning Senator Hamblen on economic diversification and community empowerment. \u201cHow do you see the long-term diversification of our economy? What are the major sectors that we can be moving in? How do we ground that work in really community-based economic development, so that we\u2019re empowering communities to control their own destinies and their own futures as they\u2019re imagining new local economies?\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stansbury.house.gov/media/press-releases/video-congresswoman-stansbury-pushes-diversify-new-mexicos-economy-create"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8673530537635088, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}