For immediate release: Monday, Oct. 16 Photos will be added here
500 New Mexicans spoke Monday in opposition to the New Mexico Public Education Department’s removal of references to climate change and the age of the Earth from its proposed public-school science curriculum.
Speakers urged the state to adopt the unedited Next Generation Science Standards framework, which was developed by the National Academy of Sciences, National Science Teachers Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science and Achieve.
The department engaged a fire alarm early Monday morning because the room was overfilled. Every commenter at Monday’s hearing opposed the politicized edits.
Below are excerpts from the Rally for Quality Science Education held outside the hearing:
Ellen Loehman, New Mexico ...
By Miya King-Flaherty, Chapter Public-Lands Fellow
On September 21, the Sandoval County Commission voted 4-1 to consider an oil and gas ordinance that would shut out public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it.
Planning and Zoning Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance would give one county staffer sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications — with no public notice or input, no hearings, and no commission vote.
All an oil or gas company has to do is to fill out an application. The staff is only required to make sure it is complete — then within 10 days the department director must grant a permit.
This means a well could be drilled anywhere in the county ...
For immediate release: Sept. 14, 2017
Last week, the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend an oil and gas ordinance that would bypass public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it.
Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance, recommended Tuesday with few changes by the P and Z Commission, would give county staff sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications.
“Staff could allow oil and gas drilling without public notice, hearings or a vote by the county commission,” Rio Grande Sierra Club Public Lands Fellow Miya King-Flaherty said.
“All an oil or gas company has to do is to fill out an application. The staff is only required to make sure it is ...
For immediate release: July 11th, 2017
Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub. org, 505.715.8388
Washington, DC – Yesterday an array of New Mexicans and Four Corners area residents testified in Washington DC against a delay of the EPA’s methane pollution standards. The agency should have implemented the Leak Detection and Repair aspect of the rule at the beginning of June, but attempted to stay these rules for 90-days, and action which a DC court denied. The Washington hearings are part of an additional, formal public process to delay the rule for 2 years. Moms, doctors and tribal leaders expressed deep concerns about the agencies actions and the impact on the climate, culture and communities.
Live feed from yesterday’s hearings.
Bios and Quotes ...
For Immediate Release
CONTACTS: Alan Septoff, Earthworks, 202-271-2355, aseptoff@earthworksaction.org
Stuart Ross, Clean Air Task Force, 914-649-5037, sross@catf.us
Hundreds of thousands threatened by Pruitt’s proposal to block EPA oil & gas methane safeguards
As impacted citizens testify that ‘stay’ will harm their health, new analysis shows over 200,000 live within ½ mile threat radius of 18,000 affected facilities
Washington, D.C., July 10th –On the same day the Environmental Protection Agency takes public comment on Administrator Scott Pruitt’s proposal to stay for 2 years the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to limit oil and gas methane pollution, a new analysis shows more than 203,000 Americans, including more than 51,000 children, live within ½ mile of the more than 18,000 oil and gas facilities affected by ...
