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    Month: April 2020

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    BLM charges ahead with oil and gas leasing

    BLM charges ahead with oil and gas leasing

    As the country weathers the current crisis, and as state and national guidelines are ever evolving to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Bureau of Land Management has charged ahead with a minimal 10-day protest period for its planned May lease sale of thousands of acres of public land in southeast New Mexico.

    Ellen Loehman April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Read more

    Holtec comments due July 22

    Holtec comments due July 22

    The public has until July 22 to tell the NRC to stop the poorly-conceived Holtec ‘temporary’ nuclear waste storage facility in Lea County.

    Ellen Loehman April 21, 2020May 29, 2020 Read more

    San Juan coal exit, relief funds approved

    San Juan coal exit, relief funds approved

    The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission on April 1 unanimously approved Public Service Company of New Mexico’s request to exit the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station and use low-interest bonds to finance the stranded costs of the plant. 

    Ellen Loehman April 21, 2020 Read more

    Our choice for Congress: Leger Fernandez

    Our choice for Congress: Leger Fernandez

    We are so proud to endorse Teresa Leger Fernandez for New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District seat.

    Ellen Loehman April 21, 2020June 4, 2020 Read more

    Make the Gila Forest Plan Better

    Make the Gila Forest Plan Better

    The Gila National Forest is finally revising its 34-year old forest management plan. The comment period ends at midnight on April 16. The Forest Service should keep the public comment period open until we are able to safely and effectively

    Mona Blaber April 13, 2020April 21, 2020 Read more

    Thousands Call for U.S. Bureau of Land Management to Cancel Sale of Public Lands for Fracking in New Mexico

    Thousands Call for U.S. Bureau of Land Management to Cancel Sale of Public Lands for Fracking in New Mexico

    A coalition of groups has appealed to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend a proposal to sell public lands for fracking in light of the COVID-19 crisis and the economic collapse of the oil and gas industry.

    Ellen Loehman April 9, 2020 Read more

    PRC votes to approve equitable transition from San Juan coal

    Photo of PNM's San Juan Coal Fired Generator Plant for the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter website

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    Contact: Jamie Trafficanda, Western Resource Advocates, 720-763-3737, jamie@westernresources.org Mona Blaber, Sierra Club – Rio Grande Chapter, 505-660-6905, monablaber@gmail.com  NM Advocates Welcome PRC Unanimous Approval of Plan to Exit

    Mona Blaber April 1, 2020 Read more
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