Decision makers have had the facts on climate change for a long, long time. And yet…?

On this week’s show, climate activists Jonathan Juarez-Alonzo & Feleecia Guillen sit down with Laura Paskus to talk about their work at YUCCA and why New Mexico isn’t leading the way on climate action.

Plus, Rep. Angelica Rubio (D-Doña Ana) explains why she came back to social media after the protests in Los Angeles. She also discusses the beauty and joy of the U.S.-Mexico border — and how bikes bring people together.

And, Andy and Laura highlight (and link to!) some of the important stories on immigration in New Mexico right now.

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Music credits: Get Through it (Instrumental), Neu Song; Rippling Dessert (Instrumental), Another Brick; New Kids (Instrumental), More Like Georgia.

For further reading:

ICE arrested an Albuquerque man. He ended up in the hospital. Now no one knows where he is. (Patrick Lohmann, Source NM)

Deaths in the New Mexico desert surge after Texas’ border crackdown reaches El Paso (Uriel J. García, Texas Tribune, Patrick Lohmann, Yuriko Schumacher, Texas Tribune and photos by Justin Hamel)

Albuquerque-based company a big-time player in ICE deportation flights (Cathy Cook and Dan Boyd, Albuquerque Journal)

Meet the ICE Contractor Running Deportation Flights (Project on Government Oversight)

YUCCA (Youth United for Climate Crisis Action)

In Democratic New Mexico, Oil and Gas Legislation Doesn’t Pass (Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main)

In New Mexico, Democrats Strike an Oil and Gas Gusher: ‘Money Buys Access’ (Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main)

New Mexico State Rep. Angelica Rubio (D-Doña Ana)

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