New Mexico & El Paso
By Mary Katherine Ray, Chapter Wildlife chair The challenges to nature are daunting. The climate is changing. There are forces at work trying to sow doubt about the worldwide physical evidence that humans are causing these changes or, if we
Trapping wildlife is a relic of a time when species were extirpated to supply fashion across the world. It is long past time for the state to ban trapping.
By Miya King-Flaherty Chapter Public Lands fellow Despite a recent explosion that destroyed thirty-six storage tanks on July 11 in Nageezi, N.M., the Bureau of Land Management’s Farmington Field Office continues to lease lands and approve drilling permits. The BLM’s
By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public Lands fellow On August 15, NASA released a report that affirms what we already know about the infamous 2,500-square mile methane cloud that hovers over the Four Corners area. Throughout oil and gas operations, methane
By John Buchser, Rio Grande Chapter Water Chair The Rio Grande Chapter is helping to protect the aquifers of New Mexico by monitoring quarterly reports from 13 dairies we suspect are polluting our groundwater. Dairies produce large amounts of waste
By Susan Martin, Chapter Executive Committee In August, New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn announced he was stepping down. In September, he was named New Mexico Oil and Gas Association executive director. A recent Santa Fe New Mexican article about the Martinez
By Mona Blaber, Chapter Communications Director At the end of September, the Albuquerque City Council unanimously set a goal to get 25 percent of electricity at the city’s facilities from solar energy by 2025. Achieving this goal will help make
By Mona Blaber, Rio Grande Chapter communications director On September 28, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission voted on the contentious PNM rate case, with good news and bad news for ratepayers and the climate. PNM, the electric utility serving
By Susan Martin Chapter political chair The most powerful way to protect our water, wildlife, land and climate is through good environmental policy, and the most powerful way to ensure good policy is by electing pro-environ- ment candidates. The Sierra Club
Grant County Commission: Alicia Edwards, Marilyn Alcorn, Harry Browne In Grant County, voters have a great opportunity to elect a county commission that could swing the commission to a pro-environment — and pro-Gila River — majority. Alicia Edwards, Marilyn Alcorn
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