Please join the Sierra Club in welcoming back Eliza Schmid for our June 2018 First Friday art opening. The show will be primarily egg tempera paintings, both landscapes and scenes with humorous content.
First Friday Arts – June 2018
Bosquitos outings – Spring 2018
Our next gathering will be at Open Space on June 2. In a very peaceful and beautiful setting, come learn about all things bees and become a temporary member of the Council of All Beings.
Comments: NM VW Trust Fund
The Rio Grande Sierra Club submitted comments to the NM Environment Department urging them to use our share of the VW settlement to reduce NOx pollution by supporting electric vehicles.
Learn. Dream. Do. Inspire. Kids Change the World.
The Global Warming Express, the award-winning, By Kids/For Kids climate science, arts and advocacy program for elementary school kids in New Mexico, is looking for 7 new, after-school mentors for the 2018/19 school year.
Endorsements for the 2018 New Mexico primary
The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club has endorsements for the New Mexico 2018 primary.
SE New Mexico businesspeople voice concerns about storage site
“We don’t want it,” say local businesspeople concerned about radioactive-waste impacts of proposed SE New Mexico nuclear storage site. Read the 4/30/2018 press release.
Chaco’s surprise reprieve
In an unanticipated move, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke cancelled a March lease auction of 4,454 acres in Greater Chaco to oil and gas companies.
55th anniversary: Lifetime member Bette Korber
Throughout our 55th anniversary, the Rio Grande Chapter is featuring past campaigns and lifetime chapter members. Read our note from lifetime member Bette Korber.
NM Supreme Court upholds water-sacrifice zones
In March, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued a stunning and puzzling decision in its long-awaited review of the Copper Rule. The case could set precedent for how the State of New Mexico protects water at all industrial sites.
Copper mine endangers water, wildlife
New Mexico’s Environment Department is pushing through a discharge permit for New Mexico Copper Corp.’s Copper Flat Mine that relies on incomplete and inaccurate information and does not account for impacts to surface and groundwater. Your deadline to comment is May 4.