Land of My Heart By Beverly Marley-Loftus Southwestern New Mexico – Land of my heart, Your vast sweep of desert sends chills From my toes to the nape of my neck. My soul sprouts wings like a bird And circles
Land of My Heart, Poem from a member
How to go solar
By Sandrine Gaillard, Northern New Mexico Group Switch to Solar NOW has been the message carried through by our dedicated Solar Summer 2015 team, a joint effort among Sierra Club members, officials and residents of Santa Fe County, the City
El Paso ratepayers fighting back in El Paso Electric’s war on solar
By Jim Tolbert El Pasoans, including members of State Sen. José Rodriguez’s Sustainable Energy Advisory Committee, are coalescing around a plan to stop the El Paso Electric Company’s attempt to kill the solar energy industry in El Paso. Not only
Chaco leasing continues
By Teresa Seamster, Northern New Mexico Group, and Robert Tohe, Our Wild America A massive surge of approvals by BLM and the Oil Conservation Division for oil companies like WPX and Encana to drill closer to native communities near Chaco
Chapter debuts new office, website
By Fred Houdek, Central New Mexico Group The Rio Grande Chapter and Central Group have recently relocated to a new office in Albuquerque. The address is 2215 Lead Ave. SE, Albuquerque, N.M., 87106. It is on the north side of Lead
PNM plans to hike customer fee
By Mona Blaber, Rio Grande Chapter communications coordinator On Aug. 27, PNM filed a rate-hike request after its first request was rejected by the Public Regulation Commission. PNM’s first rate request earlier this year included a steep monthly fee for those
Animas spill a call to act
By Allyson Siwik, Gila Resources Information Project and Rio Grande Chapter executive committee We watched in horror and sadness as an orange plume of mine wastewater flowed down the Animas River from an accidental release at the inactive Gold King Mine
Commission votes hurt cougars, bears, wolves
By Mary Katherine Ray, Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife chair Whether deciding about wolves, bears or cougars, the New Mexico state Game Commission has increasingly revealed its disregard for our native carnivores. Earlier this year, the seven-member board appointed by Gov. Susana
100 Days of Climate Action in New Mexico
Join us for these 100 Days of Climate Change Events in New Mexico. For more information about each event, click on the link. Thursday, September 10: “Keep it in the Ground” live stream event Thursday, September 10, 5:30 p.m: HABITAT: Keynote
Where to recycle plastic bags in Los Alamos
Click here to see where to recycle plastic bags in Los Alamos. Featured image by cristina012, Licensed under Creative Commons