Rio Grande Chapter

Albuquerque, NM — On June 15, a coalition of groups released OilAndGasThreatMap.com, a new tool that maps the locations of the 58,777 oil and gas facilities operating in New Mexico and the populations, schools and hospitals within a half-mile radius of those facilities. Peer-reviewed science shows that living near polluting oil and gas facilities is associated with negative health impacts, including fetal defects and respiratory ailments. “The oil and gas industry is recklessly leaking millions of tons of methane pollution ...

Attend a webinar on Tuesday, June 21, to learn about a new tool that maps the locations of the 58,777 oil and gas facilities operating in New Mexico and the populations, schools and hospitals within a half-mile radius of those facilities. Click here to view the New Mexico map. Peer-reviewed science shows that living near polluting oil and gas facilities is associated with negative health impacts, including fetal defects and respiratory ailments. The Oil and Gas Threat Map display data ...

The most powerful way to protect our water, wildlife, land and climate is through good environmental policy. And the best way to ensure good policy is by electing pro-environment candidates. About the process: The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter send questionnaires and interviews eligible candidates. Two chapter political and executive committees must approve every endorsement by a two-thirds vote in order for a candidate to be endorsed. Incumbents can be judged by their public record rather than a questionairre. Please visit ...

Grant County Commission: Browne, Alcorn, Edwards Grant County voters have a great opportunity to elect a county commission that will preserve Southwestern New Mexico’s unique treasures and resources. Marilyn Alcorn Harry Browne Alicia Edwards In District 3, Sierra Club has endorsed Alicia Edwards; in District 4, Marilyn Alcorn; and in District 5, Harry Browne. All oppose the billion-dollar Gila River diversion plan that experts have called infeasible and instead advocate for cost-effective alternatives to meet Grant County’s future water needs ...

Santa Fe County Commission Endorsements: Miguel Chavez, Ed Moreno Miguel Chavez Residents of Santa Fe County Commission District 2 are fortunate to be represented by Miguel Chavez, who has been a stalwart in his work to make the county’s new Sustainable Land Development Code live up to its title. The code establishes zoning for wise land-use choices, imposes impact fees for developers to offset or pay for infrastructure improvements, and contains energy efficiency building requirements. Moreover, thanks to Chavez’s strong ...

Bernalillo County Commission: Adrian Pedroza Adrian Pedroza Adrian Pedroza was until recently the Executive Director of Partnership for Community Action, advocating for education, economic, immigration, and civil-rights issues, as well as working with Southwest Organizing Project on environmental justice advocacy. He has been a strong voice opposing the Santolina development, a huge sprawl development project southwest of Albuquerque with no plans for how water will be provided for the development. “Bernalillo County District 2, with the Rio Grande, Bosque, and ...

Endorsement: Jim Tolbert
(Update: Jim won!) By Laurence Gibson,
El Paso Group chair El Paso Group Sierra Club Vice Chair Jim Tolbert is running to fill the unexpired term of Larry Romero, who resigned earlier this year, in the city election on Saturday, May 7. A longtime environmental activist, Tolbert is the author of the elpasonaturally.blogspot.com website. He began blogging during his tenure on the board of the Carnation Farmers Market, a local, organic market that he helped found in Washington ...

District 17: Mimi Stewart Mimi Stewart The Sierra Club is once again very pleased to be able to endorse Sen. Mimi Stewart in her legislative race. No one has been a stronger advocate for the environment or a more reliable environmental vote than Sen. Stewart.  In more than 20 years as a Representative and now as a Senator, Sen. Stewart has voted with us an astounding 99% of the time. Recently, Sen. Stewart sponsored and led the campaign for renewing ...

District 5: Doreen Johnson Doreen Wonda Johnson Doreen Wonda Johnson didn’t take long to make a positive impression on the New Mexico Legislature. A native of Crownpoint, Johnson has become an environmental champion in her first two years in this San Juan-McKinley county seat that includes Gallup and Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Democrat has achieved a 100% score on the Conservation Voters New Mexico environmental scorecard. She has worked tirelessly on issues of air and water protection and ...

For Immediate Release: May 17, 2016 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org Albuquerque, NM – New Mexicans from around the state gathered at PNM’s Albuquerque headquarters and at the PNM shareholder meeting in Lewistown, Texas, Tuesday to protest a 15.8% PNM rate increase that asks consumers to foot the bill for unnecessary capital investments and more coal and nuclear. In Lewistown, over a dozen people rallied at the shareholder meeting with signs reading “Texans in Solidarity with New Mexicans”, calling on PNM to ...