Club priorities for 2026 Legislature. Rio Grande Chapter plans to make the most of session by focusing on climate action durability.

Club priorities for 2026 Legislature. Rio Grande Chapter plans to make the most of session by focusing on climate action durability.
The upcoming year and its 30-day legislative sessionh will be last for Governor Luján Grisham. This administration, legislature and grassroots supporters have achieved so much, from decriminalizing abortion to establishing free pre-K, all while stabilizing impacts from the boom-and-bust fossil ... Read More

Big Oil loses produced water bid. Commission vacates its decision to rehear fracking wastewater discharge case on rulemaking

D. Reed Eckhardt
Editor, The Rio Grande Sierran
dreed1969@msn.com After more than two hours of impassioned public comment, the Water Control Commission  reversed its earlier decision to begin rulemaking aimed at nullifying a ban on the discharge of toxic oil ... Read More

Water rights transfer for Copper Flat Mine reopening denied by State Engineer

Water rights transfer for Copper Flat Mine reopening denied by State Engineer
By Allyson Siwik
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter mining co-chair
Gila resources information project, executive director In late August, the state engineer issued a decision denying Tulla Resources’ application to transfer water rights needed to reopen the Copper Flat Mine ... Read More

Backroom Deal Ignores Public Safety: Oil and Gas Proposes Overturning Produced Water Prohibition

Backroom Deal Ignores Public Safety: Oil and Gas Proposes Overturning Produced Water Prohibition
Since 2022, New Mexico Environment Department staff have worked to develop a science-based rule for reuse of treated and untreated produced water outside oil and gas operations. Produced water is a highly toxic waste generated by oil and gas production ... Read More