Rio Grande Chapter endorsements for 2025 municipal elections in Santa Fe and Las Cruces. There are no state-wide races.
2025 Municipal Elections – Santa Fe & Las Cruces
2025 Municipal Elections – Albuquerque
Rio Grande Chapter endorsements for 2025 municipal elections in Albuquerque. There are no state-wide races.
Holtec Abandons Proposal to Store the Nation’s High Level Nuclear Waste in New Mexico
Holtec has announced that it would no longer pursue its proposal to store the nation’s high-level nuclear waste in New Mexico.
Water Rights Transfer for Copper Flat Mine Reopening Denied by State Engineer
The State Engineer issued her decision on August 20 denying Tulla Resources’ application to transfer water rights needed to reopen the Copper Flat Mine near Hillsboro in southern New Mexico.
The State Engineer noted the effects of climate change on New Mexico’s water resources.
The EPA Delays Implementation of Critical Methane Pollution Controls, Jeopardizing the Health and Air Quality of Thousands of New Mexicans
For Immediate Release July 30, 2025 Contact: Antoinette Reyes, Antoinette.Reyes@sierraclub.org The EPA Delays Implementation of Critical Methane Pollution Controls, Jeopardizing the Health and Air Quality of Thousands of New Mexicans Las Cruces, N.M. – Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin issued
Trump Rollback of “Endangerment Finding” puts New Mexicans at Risk
In a direct assault on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the EPA’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding.
Summer 2025 Outings
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for July-September 2025. We look forward to seeing you outside!
The truth about textile waste
The Fast Fashion trend is driving huge production of cheap goods with a very short life cycle with the help of online “influencers.” US consumers throw away an average of 81.5 pounds of clothing a year, most of it headed to landfills. What can you do?
Hundreds of New Mexicans Thank State’s Congressional Delegation for Defending Public Lands
In a powerful show of widespread support for public lands, environmental protections, and responsible land stewardship, hundreds of New Mexicans signed onto a letter sent to the entire New Mexico congressional delegation, thanking them for their leadership in pushing back against renewed threats to public lands from the Trump administration and its Congressional allies.
80+ Groups Demand BLM Halt Trump-Era Public Lands Giveaway
A powerful coalition of over 80 organizations—from Indigenous and frontline community groups to national environmental organizations, faith leaders, farmers, health professionals, scientists, and small business owners—joined thousands of individuals today in delivering a clear message to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM): stop auctioning off public lands to oil and gas corporations.