For immediate release: July 29, 2020 Today, a coalition of Four Corners community and tribal organizations, conservationists, business, and social justice groups praised the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission for approving a suite of renewable-energy investments, including 300 megawatts of
Rio Grande Chapter responds to publication of draft NM Methane Rule
“With the gutting of federal methane protections, we need strong state rules more than ever. We are grateful that the Lujan Grisham administration is moving forward with safeguards and addressing the climate crisis, even while facing the urgency of the
Anti-racism resources for Sierra Club activists
These past weeks of nationwide reckoning with racism have illustrated more clearly than ever that if we are to be advocates of climate change, we must advocate for racial equity and confront racism. Part of Sierra Club’s mission is to fight
PRC examiners include 100% renewables/storage as key replacement alternative for San Juan
For Immediate Release: June 24, 2020 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 On Wednesday, Public Regulation Commission hearing examiners presented recommendations for replacing the retiring San Juan Generating Station, including 100% renewable energy and battery storage. The portfolio proposed by the Coalition
Join a Juneteenth event this weekend — online or in person
This weekend, June 19-21, our Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is joining the Movement for Black Lives in a Juneteenth mobilization throughout New Mexico. Please join this national and international call for racial justice, equality and an end to police brutality.
Tell U.S. Fish and Wildlife to fix its plan for wolf recovery
In 2015, a federal court ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to rewrite its recovery plan for endangered Mexican gray wolves because the existing plan was inadequate to ensure wolf survival. U.S. Fish and Wildlife is taking public comment
Grassroots challengers beat Big Oil money
Sierra Club-endorsed candidates upset Big Oil money on Election Day Albuquerque — In Tuesday’s New Mexico primary, voters demanded candidates who will strive for justice, community and a safe climate for future generations. The Sierra Club joined an array of
N.M. Senate District 38: Sierra Club endorses Carrie Hamblen
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary District 38 (Las Cruces and south Doña Ana County): Carrie Hamblen The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse our friend and community leader Carrie Hamblen for the Senate District 38 Democratic
N.M. Senate District 4: Sierra Club endorses Noreen Kelly
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary District 4 (McKinley, Cibola and San Juan counties): Noreen Kelly The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse Noreen Kelly for N.M. Senate District 4. Kelly, a Navajo elder from Church Rock,
N.M. Senate District 9: Sierra Club endorses Brenda McKenna
June 2 New Mexico Democratic primary District 9 (Corrales, E. Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Sandoval County): Brenda McKenna The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is proud to endorse Brenda McKenna, a longtime wildlife and community advocate, for N.M. Senate District 4.