New Mexico & El Paso
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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