May 2026 – Rio Grande Chapter

NM Water Commission Caves to Industry, Will Make Rule Reversing 11-Month-Old Fracking Wastewater Discharge Ban

Contacts: Tannis Fox, Western Environmental Law Center, 505-629-0732, fox@westernlaw.org Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, rconn@amigosbravos.org Dale Doremus, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, 505-795-5987, doremuswater@gmail.com Today, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) accepted a rulemaking petition filed by an

Trump Administration Ends Public Lands Rule, Putting New Mexico and National Land Conservation at Risk

ALBUQUERQUE — The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is calling on New Mexico officials to act against the Trump regime’s latest attack on our environment. On Monday federal officials rescinded the 2024 Public Lands Rule for the Bureau of Land

Despite federal obstacles, New Mexico making progress on spending EV charging dollars

New Mexico has led on transportation electrification and made meaningful progress on rolling out federal EV charging dollars in 2025, but the vast majority of that funding remains unspent, according to a new Sierra Club report out today.