New Mexico & El Paso
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
The oil and gas industry is profiting from digging up and fracking our public lands. To add insult to injury, the industry is wasting huge amounts of climate-harming methane gas, by either venting it into our atmosphere or burning it
Leaders Lay Out Plan To Drastically Cut Greenhouse Gases and Grow Clean Energy, Protect the Arctic, and Address Methane Pollution Thursday, March 10, 2016 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, (505) 715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org Jonathon Berman, (202) 297-7533, jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime
By Mary Katherine Ray, Wildlife Chair, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter The New Mexico Game Commission has announced a special meeting to be held this Friday, Feb. 26, in Albuquerque to consider one agenda item: allowing the private Ladder Ranch to
Friday, Jan. 22, is a promising day for New Mexico taxpayers and for our health and climate. On Friday morning, most of New Mexico’s congressional delegation sent a letter urging EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy to not only strengthen and finalize
UPDATE: Renee won her five-way race with almost 60 percent of the vote! Congratulations! The Sierra Club’s Northern New Mexico Group on Jan. 3 announced its endorsement of Renee Villarreal for Santa Fe City Council District 1. A former Santa Fe
Aaron Taylor, a Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter volunteer and producer of “We Know Not What We Do,” is attending the Paris Climate Conference and a number of faith events related to it. “It may be unusual to hear this
New Mexico lobos win! The New Mexico Game Commission voted Sept. 29 to deny the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a permit to release more wolves into the Gila, despite overwhelming public opposition and science indicating that the wild wolf
Rio Grande Resources is applying to reactivate the uranium mine on Mount Taylor, a volcano north of Grants that is sacred to several Native American tribes and pueblos. The mine was closed in 1992 but has received four standby permits
Please join one of many Rio Grande Chapter outings this weekend — as always, Sierra Club outings are free and open to the public. You must contact the leader to RSVP beforehand. Thank you, and we hope to see you on