On Tuesday, May 23, the Sierra Club will host a meet-and-greet with Karen Dunning and Joaquín Baca. Karen and Joaquín are candidates who have been endorsed by the Sierra Club in the June 6 election for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District Board of Directors.
The MRGCD plays an important role in the management of the bosque, so it is important that we have Board members like Karen and Joaquín who will act to protect the bosque. This is a terrific opportunity to meet Karen and Joaquín and talk to them about your concerns regarding the bosque and hear their views!
The event will be from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Bow & Arrow Brewing Co, 608 McKnight Ave N.W., near Sixth Street, just ...
For immediate release: May 10, 2017
Contact: Mona Blaber, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter communications,
505-660-5905, monablaber@gmail.com
Today, every Senate Democrat and three Republicans voted down a procedural vote that would have paved the way for revoking a Bureau of Land Management rule to prevent leaking and flaring of methane from oil and gas operations on public and tribal lands.
In response, the Sierra Club released the following statements:
From Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune:
“Today is a victory for our public lands and for the health of families across America, and a defeat for Donald Trump, corporate polluters, and their friends on Capitol Hill. Protecting our communities and our public lands from ...
By Mary Katherine Ray,
Rio Grande Chapter Wildlife Chair
Bills to prohibit trapping on public land, end killing contests, reform the Game Commission and more did not pass the New Mexico Legislature in a session distracted by other issues and still dominated by political divides.
Here is the rundown for the successes, the incremental progress, the feedback and the disappointments.
Senate Bill 268
Senate Bill 268 to end coyote-killing contests, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Steinborn (D) and Mark Moores (R), got further than it ever has before. It passed all of its committee hearings and the full Senate and was awaiting a vote on the House floor when time ran out.
Citizen advocates filled the committee hearing rooms. When ...
Wildlife advocates are cheering passage of a bill in the New Mexico Senate on March 9 that would prohibit hunting coyotes as a contest.
Senate Bill 268 arose from outcries against groups that began organizing coyote hunts for cash and prizes several years ago, but the legislation had failed to pass twice already. Mary Katherine Ray, wildlife chair for the Sierra Club’s Rio Grande chapter, called the contests “biologically unnecessary” and said she thinks they should be outlawed.
“Sometimes, they even get prizes for killing the biggest coyote, or the smallest coyote, which to me is just the worst aspect of a horrible practice,” she said. “This means you get a prize for killing the smallest coyote puppy.”
Shops such as Gunhawk ...
SB312, which requires utilities to move towards renewable energy, will be heard by the Senate Corporations & Transportation Committee on Friday 3/10 at 2 pm in Room 311.
The Clean-Energy Jobs Bill would require New Mexico’s big utilities to provide 50% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2030 and 80% by 2040. Co-ops would have lower requirements.
Please attend the hearing Friday to help convince senators on this committee to pass this climate-protecting and economy-boosting legislation. The hearing is likely to be delayed because of Senate floor sessions running long — let us know you’re coming at riogrande.chapter@sierraclub.org and we’ll update you on timing.
If you can’t make it Friday, please email or call to urge the senators below, especially if one of them represents you, to vote “Yes” on ...
