Laurence Gibson,
El Paso Group Chair
All right, El Paso Sierrans…
We asked for it. We begged for it. And we waited and waited and waited for it!
Glass recycling for El Paso is finally HERE.
Yes, it is only a pilot program. And there is no curbside collection…yet. But it is HERE.
El Paso’s Environmental Services Department is now collecting glass at all five Citizen Collection Stations for processing into pulverized glass at the Pendale Road Station. All we have to do is take our clean glass containers to a Citizen Collection Station, separate by color, and we’re done. If you want free mulch from glass, you may pick that up at 1034 Pendale Road. This is a hot ...
By Jim Tolbert
El Paso Group
On December 8, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously to oppose the proposed rate increases and the “attack” on solar homeowners.
El Paso Electric Company must now look toward the Public Utility Commission of Texas to save their rate-hike proposal in El Paso, which includes putting rooftop solar customers into a special rate class while raising their rates by nearly 25 percent.
The Sierra Club El Paso Group has supported Eco El Paso, a coalition of citizens, solar businesses and community groups, financially in its effort to intervene against El Paso Electric both at City Council and now, most probably, in front of the PUCT.
Jefferies, a stock analysis group, predicted that EPE’s ...
Some claim that the official El Paso flag is the plastic grocery bag. When the wind blows, it adorns ocotillos and hangs in trees. Several years ago an effort to ban the bags did not make it past a City Council committee. The excuse was that too many El Pasoans can’t afford the bags.
Now the Sierra Club El Paso Group plans to hand out 500 large reuseable shopping bags to shoppers primarily in lower-income areas. The group hopes the idea will catch on with other organizations that want to promote use of reuseable bags.
Any group that wants to participate can get in touch with El Paso Group Vice Chair Jim Tolbert at 915-525-7364 or diegotolbert@gmail.com.
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By Jim Tolbert
El Paso Group
CEMEX continues to carve out ever greater portions of our beautiful Franklin Mountains at the corporation’s McKelligon Canyon Quarry.
Not only is CEMEX’s quarrying doing irreparable damage to the mountain, but its operations continue to compromise the respiratory health of people living in nearby neighborhoods.
Sadly, the red rhyolite and limestones that they quarry are overused in El Paso landscapes, roadways and medians.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Attorney Laura Russell has admitted that the agency does not have a boundary survey between the Franklin Mountains State Park and the quarry. That boundary is merely described in the 1987 deed by sections included in the park.
Dr. Cesar Mendez, superintendent of Franklin Mountains State ...
Janae’ Reneaud Field
Frontera Land Alliance
On December 16, Congressman Beto O’Rourke introduced the Castner Range National Monument Act [ HR 4268 ].
This bill would protect Castner Range in perpetuity by making it a national monument. Castner Range is a 7,081-acre mountain range surrounded by the Franklin Mountains State Park in Northeast El Paso, and the Sierra Club El Paso Group is part of a coalition working to protect.
Overview
Castner Range occupies 11 square miles on the eastern slopes of the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas. The range is in nearly pristine condition today, thanks to the stewardship of the U.S. Army that owns the land, and to the potential for unexploded ordnance. Commercial development of Castner is a constant ...
Did you know that El Paso residents (No commercial business / contractors) can take trash, household hazardous waste, and bulky items to one of four public drop-off locations, known as Citizen Collection Stations, within the city. Trash is collected at the Citizen Collection Stations and then taken to the Greater El Paso Landfill for disposal. The Citizen Collection Stations also function as additional drop-off sites for recyclables, to complement the city’s curbside recycling program.
Not everything that you may want to throw away or recycle can be placed in your trash or blue recycle bins. For example cooking oil, motor oil and other toxic liquids can be taken to Citizen Collection Stations. You can also drop off electronics, ...
An unprecedented ceremony held at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso commemorated the 80th anniversary of the first signed agreement between the United States and Mexico allowing for “the creation and operation of International Parks, Forests, and Wild Life Preserves along the United States-Mexican International Boundary.” Left to right Jason Abrams, Rick LoBello, Gus Sanchez, Zach Abrams.
EL PASO: December 6, 2015 — An unprecedented ceremony held at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso commemorated the 80th anniversary of the first signed agreement between the United States and Mexico allowing for “the creation and operation of International Parks, Forests, and Wild Life Preserves along the United States-Mexican International Boundary.” The Chamizal event was cosponsored by Forgotten Frontiers and the ...
Update: The El Paso City Council unanimously recommended rejecting every single aspect of El Paso Electric’s rate increases, including the solar penalties. The case still has to go through the Public Utilities Commission, and we will update you on how to contact your commissioners. Thank you for responding — your activism worked!
El Paso Electric is proposing a hefty rate hike for its regular customers – and it wants double the rate hike for solar customers.
EPE claims that solar customers increase costs for the rest of the system, but just the opposite is true. Solar installations reduce the need for expensive new power plants and reduce the need to transmit energy over long distances, which results in energy loss ...
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