New Mexico & El Paso
District 17: Mimi Stewart The Sierra Club is once again very pleased to be able to endorse Sen. Mimi Stewart in her legislative race. No one has been a stronger advocate for the environment or a more reliable environmental vote
District 5: Doreen Johnson Doreen Wonda Johnson didn’t take long to make a positive impression on the New Mexico Legislature. A native of Crownpoint, Johnson has become an environmental champion in her first two years in this San Juan-McKinley county
For Immediate Release: May 17, 2016 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org Albuquerque, NM – New Mexicans from around the state gathered at PNM’s Albuquerque headquarters and at the PNM shareholder meeting in Lewistown, Texas, Tuesday to protest a 15.8% PNM rate increase
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2016 Contacts: Camilla Feibelman, 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org Mike Eisenfeld, 505-360-8994, mike@sanjuancitizens.org Joan Brown, 505-266-6966, joankansas@swcp.com Molly Sanders, 505-554-4115, molly@cvnm.org Tom Singer, 505-231-1070, singer@westernlaw.org JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Albuquerque, NM – Today, the
By Mona Blaber, Rio Grande Chapter communications coordinator Last year, PNM proposed a 187-megawatt natural-gas plant as part of its replacement for the power lost when it shuts two units of coal-fired San Juan Generating Station in 2017. PNM issued
By Mona Blaber, Chapter communications coordinator We all know utility rate cases can make a big impact on our pocketbooks. But from the lifespan of San Juan coal plant to rooftop solar, the PNM rate case being decided now will have
By Mona Blaber El Paso Electric’s proposed rate increase for El Paso customers is moving forward to administrative-law judges and the Texas Public Utilities Commission after a non-unanimous settlement with the city of El Paso, which had rejected the company’s
Mark Allison, Executive Director, New Mexico Wilderness Alliance A broad-based coalition of conservationists, sportsmen, businesses and pueblos continues to build public support for protecting 120,000 acres of roadless areas adjacent to the existing Pecos Wilderness. This citizen proposal seeks to
Martin Heinrich, NM Senator In the Southwest, water is the lifeblood of our economy and culture. Access to adequate clean and affordable water means that our cities can bustle with activity, our farmers can grow local food, and our rivers
For Immediate Release May 4, 2016 Citizen Groups Challenge Fracking in Santa Fe National Forest Legal Push Part of Broader Effort to Safeguard Greater Chaco from Oil and Gas Industry Contacts: Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8050, tisdel@westernlaw.org Samantha