Global Warming Express - year in review

The 2019-2020 year marks the 7th year of The Global Warming Express and it is shaping up to be one of the busiest. Below is a portion of what the Global Warming Expressers have been up to:

January 9, 2019: GWEers from Mountain Mahogany School in ABQ were invited to attend the ABQ City Council’s Press Conference, yesterday, on the plastic limit bill now under consideration. The GWE kids spoke about this just a few weeks ago and, immediately, the bill became sponsored!

January 26, 2019: Wow! The GWEers from Mountain Mahogany School in ABQ and from Emily’s GWE Home school group (that she created, btw) just knocked it out of the park for 4 days! On Sat., Jan 26, ...

Sierra Club statement on appointment of Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator
On Monday 8/5/2019, the EPA announced the appointment of former oil and gas executive, climate denier and former New Mexico Energy Secretary Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator. Read the statement from the Rio Grande Sierra Club ...

Clearing up inaccuracies

Clearing up inaccuracies

By Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Chair

Utility-related cases at the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) are as complex as the need for a transformation to clean, renewable energy is urgent.

New Energy Economy and Retake Our Democracy have misrepresented the Sierra Club’s position and that of the Coalition for Clean and Affordable Energy (CCAE), of which we are a member.  This time would be better spent talking to you about the next key steps we need to take – and that we will be taking – to solve the climate crisis, but we will get to that in future reports.

Before saying anything else, I want to be clear that we make it a policy not to impugn the intentions ...

Project aims to prevent catastrophe
The Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Project is the proposed action from the fireshed coalition is working on “to improve the resilience of a priority landscape to future disturbances such as high-severity wildfire, drought, and insect outbreaks by restoring forest structure and composition.” ...
Session over, but lawmakers still working
Even though New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session is months away, the wheels are turning for new laws and bills now. The interim legislative session runs from June to November, and it consists of joint House-Senate committees that travel the state to hear about issues that will likely show up as legislation in 2020 ...
Bill to protect for Chaco passes House
The Chaco bill passed out of the Natural Resources Committee on July 17 and is another step further to becoming a federal law. Rep. Deb Haaland was excellent and a true champion for New Mexico in this Energy Dominance era. There is still much to get done and we continue to push and work on getting broader protections for the landscape, surrounding communities, and fight for environmental justice ...
Public hearing - methane safeguards
Reducing the oil and gas industry's methane waste is a win-win proposition. Join us and raise your voices for common-sense safeguards in this series of public hearings ...
Wildlife Services – Doña Ana County
On April 23, 2019 the Doña Ana County commission passed a resolution to cease using county funds for lethal predator and rodent control. But two months later, the commission repealed the resolution after pressure. There is still time to stop this backslide ...