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    Month: October 2016

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    Volunteers monitoring dairies

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    By John Buchser,  Rio Grande Chapter Water Chair The Rio Grande Chapter is helping to protect the aquifers of New Mexico by monitoring quarterly reports from 13 dairies we suspect are polluting our groundwater. Dairies produce large amounts of waste

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016 Read more

    Former NMED Chief heads to Oil and Gas

    Former NMED Chief heads to Oil and Gas

    By Susan  Martin,  Chapter Executive Committee In August, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn announced he was stepping down. In September, he was named New Mexico Oil and Gas Association executive director. A recent Santa Fe New Mexican article about the Martinez

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Albuquerque passes solar initiative

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    By Mona Blaber, Chapter Communications Director At the end of September, the Albuquerque City Council unanimously set a goal to get 25 percent of electricity at the city’s facilities from solar energy by 2025. Achieving this goal will help make

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    PNM gets (some of) what it wants

    PNM gets (some of) what it wants

    By Mona  Blaber,  Rio Grande Chapter communications director On September 28, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission voted on the contentious PNM rate case, with good news and bad news for ratepayers and the climate. PNM, the electric utility serving

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016 Read more

    Election 2016: Make History

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    By Susan Martin Chapter political chair The most powerful way to protect our water, wildlife, land and climate is through good environmental policy, and the most powerful way to ensure good policy is by electing pro-environ- ment candidates. The Sierra Club

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016February 9, 2020 Read more

    Election 2016 – County Commissioner endorsements

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    Grant County Commission: Alicia Edwards, Marilyn Alcorn, Harry Browne In Grant County, voters have a great opportunity to elect a county commission that could swing the commission to a pro-environment — and pro-Gila River — majority. Alicia Edwards, Marilyn Alcorn

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016February 9, 2020 Read more

    Election 2016: Secretary of State endorsement

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    Secretary of State: Maggie Toulouse Oliver We enthusiastically endorse Maggie Toulouse Oliver in the key race for Secretary of State. The Sierra Club is a coalition partner in the Democracy Initiative, which states: “Our democracy is built on the idea

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016February 26, 2020 Read more

    Election 2016 – US Congressional endorsements

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    For US Congress, the Rio Grande Sierra Club endorses two incumbents who have stood up for the environment and one challenger. In District 1, Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has amassed a solid environmental voting record, and she opposes the Trans-Pacific

    Ellen Loehman October 18, 2016February 9, 2020 Read more

    Comments on Proposed Changes to Groundwater Regulations

    Below are the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter’s comments on the New Mexico Environment Department’s proposed changes to groundwater regulations. The Environment Department says the changes will improve the state’s compliance with federal water requirements. But the changes would also allow

    Ellen Loehman October 17, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Election 2016 – State Representatives

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    Todacheene was the first Native woman to serve as San Juan County commissioner. She is running for this Northwest New Mexico seat because “environmental issues, out-of-state migration and a loss of funding from the oil and gas industry are big

    Ellen Loehman October 11, 2016February 26, 2020 Read more
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