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HB 366 has become known as Roxy’s Law, in honor of an 8-year-old heeler mix strangled in a trap last month at Santa Cruz Lake. When the House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee took testimony from the public about the issue Thursday, however, the biggest argument against trapping was simply that it is cruel ...
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Derrick Toledo interviews Camila Feibelman on oil and gas production and pollution ...
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There was a lot of interest after we issued a press release criticizing the Public Education Department’s draft science standards. Here are some examples of news articles:

Santa Fe Reporter – The Same, But Different

KOB Channel 4 – Science teaching guidelines trigger criticism in New Mexico

Associated Press – Science Teaching Guidelines Trigger Criticism in New Mexico 

Image from Idaho National Lab via Flickr 

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For immediate release: Thursday, March 16, 2017

Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter director, 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org

On Thursday, Public Service Company of New Mexico announced that an analysis of San Juan Generating Station in Waterflow, N.M., found that the coal-fired power plant will no longer be economically viable after 2022, when the plant’s coal contract and ownership agreements expire.

This result will almost certainly expedite PNM’s transition from the plant to other sources of power. This latest development comes just a few years after PNM, the state of New Mexico, and other parties agreed on a plan to close two of the plant’s four coal units by December 2017.

It is critical for the owners of San ...
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