The Gila Conservation Coalition hosts the 15th annual Gila River Festival September 19-22, 2019 in Silver City, New Mexico and along the Gila River.
Gila River Festival – September 19-22
Chello Grill Fundraiser
Chello Grill in Albuquerque will donate 50% of sales on September 28 with this coupon at checkout.
Global Warming Express – year in review
The 2019-2020 year marks the 7th year of The Global Warming Express and it is shaping up to be one of the busiest. Below is a portion of what the Global Warming Expressers have been up to: January 9, 2019:
Sierra Club statement on appointment of Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator
On Monday 8/5/2019, the EPA announced the appointment of former oil and gas executive, climate denier and former New Mexico Energy Secretary Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator. Read the statement from the Rio Grande Sierra Club.
First Saturday Arts – August 2019
Please join us in welcoming Edna Casman for an opening reception on Saturday, August 3, 2-4 pm at the Sierra Club office (2215 Lead Ave SE).
Clearing up inaccuracies
By Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Chair Utility-related cases at the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) are as complex as the need for a transformation to clean, renewable energy is urgent. New Energy Economy and Retake Our Democracy have misrepresented the
Signs of progress on cleaning up methane
New Mexico is taking up the slack from the Trump administration, announcing it will create rules to slash climate-damaging methane pollution from its booming oil and gas industry.
Project aims to prevent catastrophe
The Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Project is the proposed action from the fireshed coalition is working on “to improve the resilience of a priority landscape to future disturbances such as high-severity wildfire, drought, and insect outbreaks by restoring forest structure and composition.”
Chapter’s MRGCD candidates win big
All three candidates endorsed by the Rio Grande Chapter in the June 7 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District election were victorious. This is an election where voting and volunteering by Sierra Club supporters can really make a difference, since so few eligible voters actually cast a ballot. Congratulations to all the candidates, and a big THANK YOU to all of you who made the effort to vote in this important election.
Session over, but lawmakers still working
Even though New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session is months away, the wheels are turning for new laws and bills now. The interim legislative session runs from June to November, and it consists of joint House-Senate committees that travel the state to hear about issues that will likely show up as legislation in 2020.