ALBUQUERQUE — The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter is calling on New Mexico officials to act against the Trump regime’s latest attack on our environment. On Monday federal officials rescinded the 2024 Public Lands Rule for the Bureau of Land Management.
The rule ensured conservation, wildlife, clean water, cultural resources, and Indigenous Knowledge would be fully considered alongside development across more than 250 million acres of public land. Rescinding the rule strips the agency of critical tools needed to manage land health and respond to growing climate and ecological challenges, while also harming local communities built on recreational tourism who depend on healthy landscapes.
The move is part of the administration’s agenda to weaken protections in order to benefit extractive ...
By Patrick Burton, Central NM Transportation chair
As gas prices continue to rise, the cost savings of biking become more apparent.
In fact, some e-bikes can be purchased for the equivalent of about five trips to the gas station to fill up a pickup truck. Trek, an e-bike company, determined that their manufacturing emissions are offset after using one of its products to replace 430 miles of car travel. Cost and emissions savings add up quickly!
If your regular route isn’t easily bikable, don’t assume that biking won’t work at all. A vicious cycle keeps people from biking: There aren’t enough safe streets for people to ride on, so they drive more, inducing demand for more streets, which don’t have safety features ...
