Ellen Loehman, Author at Rio Grande Chapter

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Responds to Haaland Data Center Announcement

New Mexico’s progress on curbing climate pollution stands to be erased by massive data centers that emit more greenhouse gases than our largest cities. These facilities also deplete our water resources, harm our quality of life and could massively increase electric bill affordability. We support a moratorium on data centers until serious and enforceable guardrails are in place. Today we were encouraged to see gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland announce that she’d enact a moratorium on her first day, if elected, and support guardrails in the legislature.

“Roadless Rule” Town Halls across New Mexico

Trump’s Forest Service has moved to repeal the Roadless Rule, an essential piece of environmental regulation that protects 45 million acres of pristine land (1.6 million acres in New Mexico) from road construction and the inevitable logging, mining, and extraction that follows. Plan to attend a town hall meeting to protest this change.

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Statement on Gutting of Federal Roadless Rule

On August 18, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service had filed a proposed rule to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Stop Trump from Desecrating the Greater Chaco Landscape

The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is joining our Pueblo, Diné, and Tribal neighbors as well as other environmental and community groups in opposing Trump’s plan to expose the Great Chaco Landscape to oil and gas drilling.

Summer 2026 Outings

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for July – September 2026. We look forward to seeing you outside!

New Mexico modernizes oil, gas industry bonding, cleanup rules, now among nation’s strongest

The New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission voted on July 1 to reform outdated oil and gas bonding and cleanup rules, adopting some of the strongest safeguards in the country to prevent orphan wells and ensure oil and gas corporations pay to clean up the wells they drill and operate.

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.

Spring 2026 Outings

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for April – June 2026. We look forward to seeing you outside!

Celebrate Earth Day in Balloon Fiesta Park

Please join us from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26 in Balloon Fiesta Park for Earth Day Festival NM. This family event is full of fun environmental activities focused on our beautiful state of New Mexico.

2026 Primary Endorsements

These are the candidates for state and local elections who have been endorsed by the Chapter and who have opponents in the June primary. Endorsements of candidates who have no primary opponent will be disclosed at a later date. Be sure to vote on June 2.

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