Sierra Club Opposes Feds Seizing NM Lands for Border Wall
The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter stands with State Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard in opposing the Trump regime’s plan to seize seven acres of New Mexico lands for Border Patrol facilities ...
Interfaith Climate Group to Walk 320 Miles from Permian Basin to Santa Fe in Climate Justice Pilgrimage
New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light announced "A Pilgrimage for Our Shared Home," a 320-mile walk from the Carlsbad, New Mexico in the Permian Basin to the State Capitol in Santa Fe. The pilgrimage will bear witness to communities suffering from climate impacts and join the call throughout the state to enact bold policies to protect people and the planet ...
Move to Revoke Chaco Buffer Zone
On Oct. 30, the Bureau of Land Management sent notification to tribal governments that it would begin the process of revoking the buffer ...

Bridge to the Ancestors

Bridge to the Ancestors
From March 24th through April 2nd, Antoinette Reyes joined the Carrizozo Comecrudo tribe in their bridge to the Ancestors Walk / run across Texas, which the tribe hosted to bring attention to the impacts of oil and gas extraction on people, sacred indigenous sites, communities and our landscapes as a whole ...
GREAT NEWS: NM Supreme Court affirms rejection of PNM's coal-plant transfer

For immediate release: July 6, 2023

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On Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court affirmed the Public Regulation Commission’s order denying PNM’s application to transfer its interest in the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant to the owner of the coal mine supplying the plant.  The court rejected all of PNM’s arguments and affirmed the commission’s decision in its entirety. Sierra Club had intervened on the side of the commission after strongly advocating at the PRC for denial of the transfer of ownership and consideration of the prudence of PNM investments in the plant. 

The Sierra Club supported the commission’s decision because PNM’s proposal would have kept the Four Corners coal-fired power plant polluting ...

In the news – Chaco Canyon
June 27, 2023: T J Trout interviews Miya King Flaherty and Mario Attencio from the Torreon Chapter of the Navajo Nation about Chaco Canyon and it's importance both culturally and environmentally on News Radio KKOB ...
In the news – Native America Calling
June 12, 2023, Native America Calling episode on President Biden's 20-year ban on new oil and gas leases surrounding Chaco Canyon ...
Greater Chaco Coalition provides a guide for initiative to truly "Honor Chaco"
The Greater Chaco Coalition shared recommendations on how the Department of Interior can ensure the initiative produces timely, durable outcomes that advance environmental justice. Using a new collaborative process, the Honoring Chaco Initiative is intended to bring federal agencies, Tribes, advocacy groups, and stakeholders together to address the need for lasting landscape-level management of the Greater Chaco Landscape ...