Global Warming Express – what we’ve been up to

The seventh year of Global Warming Express is shaping up to be the busiest. See what the kids have been up to ...
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Climate Change, Latest News

Sierra Club responds to PNM announcement of 100% carbon free by 2040

Sierra Club responds to PNM announcement of 100% carbon free by 2040
Sierra Club response to PNM's announcement that the power it provides New Mexico will be 100% carbon-free by 2040 ...
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Climate Change, Latest News, Press Release

Greater Chaco Coalition responds to Congressional visit on oil and gas impacts

Greater Chaco Coalition responds to Congressional visit on oil and gas impacts
Members of the Congressional House Natural Resources Committee visited New Mexico from April 13 to 15 to learn more about the negative impacts of oil and gas drilling on sacred sites and air quality, especially in the Greater Chaco region of northwest New Mexico ...
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Climate Change, Land, Latest News, Press Release

Earth Day Celebration – Eldorado

Earth Day Celebration - Eldorado
The Sierra Club's Northern Group Climate Change Committee will present an informative and engaging Earth Day program titled "Yes, I can: Make a Difference for Our Planet" from 11:30 AM - 1 PM in the Railroad Building next to the Community Center ...
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Climate Change, Events, Northern New Mexico Group

Groups Applaud Greater Chaco Landscape Protection

Groups Applaud Greater Chaco Landscape Protection
New Mexico Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and New Mexico Congressman Ben Ray Lujan and Congresswoman Deb Haaland introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019, which would withdraw federal minerals from oil and gas leasing in roughly a 10-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...
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Climate Change, Land, Latest News, Press Release

Climate disruption – film & conversation

Climate disruption - film & conversation
Join us Saturday April 13 at the South Broadway Cultural Center for an amazing line up of films and speakers ...
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Climate Change, Events

Carbon-free is New Mexico law! Gov. Lujan Grisham signs historic legislation

Carbon-free is New Mexico law! Gov. Lujan Grisham signs historic legislation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 22, 2019

Contact: Mona Blaber, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, monablaber@gmail.com
Stephanie Steinbrecher, Sierra Club Ready for 100, stephanie.steinbrecher@sierraclub.org

SANTA FE, NM — On Friday, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Energy Transition Act (SB489), which sets a mandate of 100% carbon-free energy for the entire state.

The bill, introduced in February, was passed by the state legislature last week. The Energy Transition Act will make electricity generation 100 percent carbon-free by 2045 from the state’s investor-owned utilities, and for all rural cooperative utilities by 2050. The law also plans for a just transition for plant and mine workers and provides additional investment in the Four Corners area, where the coal-fired San Juan ...

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Climate Change, Latest News, Press Release

Over 30,000 Protests Delivered Opposing Oil and Gas Lease Sale

Over 30,000 Protests Delivered Opposing Oil and Gas Lease Sale
On February 20, 2019, crowds gathered at the New Mexico Legislature to celebrate the state’s public lands and call for their protection as a diverse coalition of tribal leaders, legislators, land users, and allied organizations showcased the delivery of 30,000 public protests to the BLM in opposition to its March 2019 oil and gas lease sale ...
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