In the news! EPA rule forces San Juan to clean up its ash

Santa Fe New Mexican, May 3, 2024
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What was once a concrete dumpsite in the drought-stricken southwest became a four-acre oasis, known as La Mancha Wetlands, along the Rio Grande near Las Cruces. The La Mancha Restoration Project, a vision of Kevin Bixby who then lead Southwest ...

The EPA Delays Implementation of Critical Methane Pollution Controls, Jeopardizing the Health and Air Quality of Thousands of New Mexicans

For Immediate Release
July 30, 2025
Contact: Antoinette Reyes, Antoinette.Reyes@sierraclub.org The EPA Delays Implementation of Critical Methane Pollution Controls, Jeopardizing the Health and Air Quality of Thousands of New Mexicans Las Cruces, N.M. – Yesterday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin issued ...

Trump Rollback of “Endangerment Finding” puts New Mexicans at Risk

In a direct assault on the movement to mitigate the climate crisis, the Trump administration will formally propose a plan to rescind the EPA’s longstanding greenhouse gas endangerment finding ...

Summer 2025 Outings

Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter outings for July-September 2025. We look forward to seeing you outside! ...

Mexican Wolves: Steps Forward, Steps Backward

This spring marks the 11th year of wolf pup cross-fostering. Seventeen Mexican wolf pups were transferred from captive dens into wild dens to increase the wild population’s genetic diversity. Now the Fish & Wildlife agency has released good news about ...

Victory for ban on Produced Water Discharge to New Mexico’s Ground and Surface Waters

Over the course of the last year and a half, the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter and Amigos Bravos, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center’s Tannis Fox, took part in a critical rulemaking for New Mexico’s clean water supply ...

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