New Mexico & El Paso
The entire Pecos River system of watersheds, river, tributaries and floodplain could be re-contaminated due to a recent application by the Australian based New World Cobalt Mining Company that has a small limited liability group, Comexico, LLC, filing for exploratory rights in the old Tererro Mine area.
In these difficult times, elections may understandably not be the first thing on everybody’s mind. However, as we have recently observed, good leadership matters a great deal. View our list of vetted candidates for the NM House and Senate, and two county commissioner races.
On May 13, the PRC approved two renewable projects to serve El Paso Electric’s New Mexico and Texas customers. The 100-MW solar Hecate project will be built in Santa Teresa, N.M., and the Buena Vista hybrid project, which has 100 MW of solar plus 50 MW of battery, will be built in Otero County.
For 2020 New Mexico primary contested elections only. For details on all these candidates, see this post. United States House of Representatives 3rd Congressional District: Teresa Leger Fernandez For details on this candidate, see this post. New Mexico House of
Don’t let the oil companies use the coronavirus as an excuse to disguise decades worth of greed and mismanagement.
Even though some walls are already being built, we need thousands to speak up against them. Let the record show that we strongly object to the lawless, reckless, & destructive border walls!
On April 30, the BLM Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs denied requests to suspend the public comment period on the controversial drilling plan for the Greater Chaco region, instead the agencies are planning to hold 4 ‘virtual public meetings’ starting mid-May. The Navajo Nation has been seriously impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, most families lack internet access to attend these ‘meetings.’
It is hard to fathom a PRC that within a week of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would choose to reject some of the cheapest solar and battery projects in the country. But they did.
The Rio Grande Sierra Club endorsements for the New Mexico primary – State Senate.
Rio Grande Sierra Club 2020 primary endorsements – State House of Re