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Dossier · Organization
Elevate New Mexico
A Virginia nonprofit that ran advertising urging approval of the air permit and was later shown to be funded entirely by the permit applicant.
At a glance
- Kind
- Nonprofit
- Key people
- Steve Roberts
- Public position
- Publicly supports the project — Ran advertising and lobbied NMED to approve the air permit.[1]
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 1 sources · 3 connections · 2 dated entries
- Record id
- PJO67
Key facts
- 2026-01-29A Virginia nonstock corporation that ran a pro-permit ad campaign from January 29 to March 2, 2026.
- 2026-04-17The State Ethics Commission sued it on April 17, 2026, alleging it spent at least $2,500 lobbying NMED without registering; it had refused to register or disclose its funders.[1]
- 2026-07-24Settled on July 24, 2026, disclosing $3,667,000 in contributions, all from Yucca Growth Infrastructure, and $419,478 in ad spending.
- Hired APCO Worldwide for the campaign.
The record
VA nonstock corp (ID 11953909); pro-permit astroturf; refused funder disclosure; defendant in the NM Ethics Commission suit
Relationships · 3
In the timeline · 2
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
Claims involving them · 1
In the Watch · 1
Sources · 1
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