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    Author: Mona Blaber

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    Urge Santa Fe County to help stop cruel trapping

    Urge Santa Fe County to help stop cruel trapping

    Update: The commission voted unanimously in favor of the resolution! Thanks to everyone who wrote their commissioners and/or attended the meeting. The Santa Fe County Commission will be meeting on Tues, Nov. 29, to consider a resolution directing county staff

    Mona Blaber November 29, 2016December 6, 2016 Read more

    Holiday Stroll for Climate Hope and Clean and Renewable Energy

    Nob Hill Holiday Stroll

    This holiday season, we must unite around clean and renewable energy more than ever. Join us for the second year at the Nob Hill Holiday Stroll. We’ll spread the message of climate hope, showing our friends and neighbors that we

    Mona Blaber November 24, 2016December 5, 2016 Read more

    BLM: Stop auctioning off Chaco to oil and gas

    BLM: Stop auctioning off Chaco to oil and gas

    Fracking in Greater Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico is on the increase and causing more health and public safety problems than ever. Please email the Bureau of Land Management Farmington Office at BLM_NM_FFO_Comments@blm.gov to protect these sacred and precious public

    Mona Blaber November 7, 2016February 14, 2017 Read more

    Act TODAY: Don’t let PRC cave to PNM rate demands

    Act TODAY: Don’t let PRC cave to PNM rate demands

    PNM is pulling out all the stops to increase our electric bills by 15.5%. It went into attack mode when the Public Regulation Commission’s hearing examiner recommended the PRC allow “only” a 6.6% hike. PNM threatened layoffs and court appeals.

    Mona Blaber September 20, 2016September 9, 2025 Read more

    Chaco Canyon: Too precious to frack

    Chaco Canyon: Too precious to frack

    Our public lands are under siege, and the Bureau of Land Management continues to prioritize oil and gas extraction over our climate, air and water. We need your help to protect Chaco Canyon and the surrounding communities from fracking.

    Mona Blaber September 2, 2016February 14, 2017 Read more

    Don’t let BLM auction off Chaco to oil and gas

    Chaco Culture National Historical Park is Northwest New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, where there are over 56,000 oil and gas wells and processing plants. Last month, NASA released a report that identified natural gas waste and methane pollution as major contributors

    Mona Blaber September 2, 2016February 14, 2017 Read more

    Spring is here! Head outdoors with us!

    Thanks to the energetic volunteerism of many long-time leaders and a couple of new ones, the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club is pleased to offer you the following fantastic smorgasbord of hikes and other outings, completely free and

    Mona Blaber May 17, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Moms, community members, elected officials praise EPA methane standards

    Moms, community members, elected officials praise EPA methane standards

    Albuquerque, N.M. — On Thursday, May 12, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the first nationwide safeguards limiting dangerous methane pollution from new and modified sources in the oil and gas industry. These standards are projected to reduce 460,000 metric tons

    Mona Blaber May 12, 2016July 9, 2019 Read more

    Fact sheet: Hearing on PNM rate case April 7

    PNM is proposing another rate increase at the Public Regulation Commission. There will be a public hearing at the PERA Building, 1120 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, at 9 a.m. April 7. While some aspects of the rate increase are

    Mona Blaber April 5, 2016April 19, 2016 Read more

    Tell BLM to just say “No” to reopened Copper Flat Mine

    Tell BLM to just say “No” to reopened Copper Flat Mine

    New Mexico Copper Corp. wants to re-establish a polymetallic mine and processing facility near Hillsboro, N.M. The Copper Flat Mine is not the answer to Sierra County’s economic woes. Just like Grant County’s copper mines, it will be subject to

    Mona Blaber April 4, 2016August 5, 2025 Read more
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