It's been five years since President Obama signed an executive order establishing Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument. Come join us on May 18 in Las Cruces to celebrate ...
Come check out an insightful panel discussion about how the militarization of the US-Mexico border harms our communities, wildlife, and environment. Wednesday, March 21 in El Paso ...
The El Paso Group founded its Inspiring Connections Outdoors back in the '70s, and over 40 years later, it is the only ICO in the Rio Grande Chapter ...
On December 12, President Trump signed a provision to permanently protect Castner Range in El Paso's Franklin Mountains into law. The provision is a big deal — it saves a huge piece of land from commercialization, giving El Paso a very visible green belt on its east side to be enjoyed by all ...
Many Otero County residents breathed a sigh of relief in May when the U.S. Department of Energy withdrew its proposal to drill a 3-mile borehole in Otero Mesa to research the storage of radioactive waste. The DOE had identified five potential sites for its test site, one in Otero County. The other possible locations were in Quay County, New Mexico, Pecos County, Texas, and two South Dakota counties. The test would require drilling a 8.5-inch-diameter hole down 16,000 feet. If that were successful, they would attempt an 18-inch hole — also 3 miles deep. The object of drilling the larger borehole would be to determine if the hole is straight enough to accept nuclear waste canisters all the way down. ...
By Robert Moss,
Eco El Paso board member
In February 2017, El Paso Electric (EPE) yet again filed to increase rates in its Texas service region.
It was only in August that the company completely withdrew its proposed fees on solar in Texas. But following a couple of highly profitable quarters, it is again seeking a rate increase. Their residential customers and the citizens’ advocates for living sustainably, Eco El Paso, are weary of fighting but believe we must in order to assure fairness in Texas.
El Paso Electric continues to assert that the solar residential customers receiving service under net-metering laws in both Texas and New Mexico are not paying their fair share for the use of the ...
Volunteer profile for Laurence Gibson, El Paso group chair ...
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