New Mexico Elected Officials Call For Reduction of Methane Pollution
For Immediate Release:
Thursday, April 25th, 2016 Contact:
Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club, Camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388
Matt Ross, City of Santa Fe, mross@ci.santa-fe.nm.us, 505.795.4169 New Mexico Elected Officials Call For Reduction of Methane Pollution 68 Mayors and County Commissioners Sign Letter in Support of EPA Rules Today, Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales joined 68 mayors and county commissioners, 7 from New Mexico, to send a letter to President Barack Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy urging them to take ...
Thursday, April 25th, 2016 Contact:
Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club, Camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388
Matt Ross, City of Santa Fe, mross@ci.santa-fe.nm.us, 505.795.4169 New Mexico Elected Officials Call For Reduction of Methane Pollution 68 Mayors and County Commissioners Sign Letter in Support of EPA Rules Today, Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales joined 68 mayors and county commissioners, 7 from New Mexico, to send a letter to President Barack Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy urging them to take ...
Protest PNM – May 2016 Edition
PNM has moved its annual shareholder’s meeting from its Albuquerque Headquarters to the small town of Lewisville, TX. Why? To make it harder for shareholders who want to make a difference for the climate and our communities to attend. Come to PNM HQ to let PNM know YOU CAN RUN! BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE. Jointly sponsored by: Sierra Club, 350.org, Positive Energy, EnviroNM, NMIFPL, Tewa Women United, NEE, Food and Water Watch, 4 Corners Idle No More, Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum, ...
May 8 – Bosque Exploratory Hike Sunday May 8, 1:30 to 3:30. Call for directions. This outing will explore a little-visited part of the Bosque around the outfall of the South Diversion Channel, south of Rio Bravo. This is often a good area for birds, and migration should be in full swing, so bring your binoculars. We’ll check out what the Corps of Engineers has been up to in this area in terms of restoration projects and otherwise. Please RSVP to ...
Robert Tohe, senior representative for Sierra Club’s Our Wild America, is organizing a tour of the greater Chaco Canyon and outliers. The purpose of the trip is to call national attention to the ongoing impacts of oil and gas to the cultural landscape and resources in the region. Robert is the New Mexico representative working on dirty fuels campaign for the Sierra Club. Robert has invited several other area tribal representatives to provide an indigenous perspective on the historical significance ...
City violates process agreement, extends Bosque trail
By Richard Barish,
Central Group Bosque Issues chair Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry has disregarded his agreement on a process for public involvement in Bosque decisions in order to rush through plans to extend the developed Bosque trail this winter for another 1.2 miles, from the I-40 bridge to Campbell Road. The Administration created an uproar in February 2015 when it began construction of the first phase of its Bosque development in the middle of a promised public process, short-circuiting ...
Central Group Bosque Issues chair Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry has disregarded his agreement on a process for public involvement in Bosque decisions in order to rush through plans to extend the developed Bosque trail this winter for another 1.2 miles, from the I-40 bridge to Campbell Road. The Administration created an uproar in February 2015 when it began construction of the first phase of its Bosque development in the middle of a promised public process, short-circuiting ...
Water monitoring news for Northern New Mexico
The Water Sentinels Rios de Taos are kicking off the 2016 water-monitoring season with a planning and training meeting in late May. We are also interested in monitoring other parts of New Mexico outside Taos County. If you have a concern about a possibly contaminated stream in your area, please contact coordinator Eric Patterson at eepatt@gmail.com. We are particularly interested in possible pollution of streams from the dairy industry. Highlights The Taos High School Tiger Salamanders participated in stocking Rio Grande cutthroat trout at La Junta ...
Rally: More Wolves, Less Politics
Mary Katherine Ray
Wildlife chair, Rio Grande Chapter Please join fellow wolf supporters at the “More Wolves, Less Politics” rally to urge the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop dithering and release more wolves to the wild. On April 28, it will have been 40 years since the Mexican gray wolf was first listed under the Endangered Species Act and yet today our “Lobo” remains the most endangered wolf in the world with only 97 in the wild at ...
Wildlife chair, Rio Grande Chapter Please join fellow wolf supporters at the “More Wolves, Less Politics” rally to urge the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop dithering and release more wolves to the wild. On April 28, it will have been 40 years since the Mexican gray wolf was first listed under the Endangered Species Act and yet today our “Lobo” remains the most endangered wolf in the world with only 97 in the wild at ...
Mother Earth Day (Pachamama) celebration
Lets honor our beautiful mother earth. Razzio and Baracutanga will make you dance all afternoon. Also, $1 per glass of the Rio Bravo Amber will go to the Sierra Club Community inspection team of natural gas and oil facilities in the Chaco area. FREE family friendly event! What: Mother Earth Day (Pachamama) with Baracutanga
When: Friday, April 22 from 4pm-6pm
Where: Rio Bravo Brewing Company, 1912 2nd St NW, Albuquerque
Why: Because you have only one Mother Earth ...
When: Friday, April 22 from 4pm-6pm
Where: Rio Bravo Brewing Company, 1912 2nd St NW, Albuquerque
Why: Because you have only one Mother Earth ...
Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground
Alex Renirie, Sierra Club
Organizing Representative, Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign On April 20th, the Bureau of Land Management will hold its next federal fossil fuel lease sale in Santa Fe at the Courtyard Marriott. On the heels of growing opposition to lease sales across the country where groups are demanding the federal government act to keep fossil fuels in the ground, this is our moment to show that New Mexicans demand an end to the sale of public lands for fracking, mining and ...
Organizing Representative, Beyond Dirty Fuels Campaign On April 20th, the Bureau of Land Management will hold its next federal fossil fuel lease sale in Santa Fe at the Courtyard Marriott. On the heels of growing opposition to lease sales across the country where groups are demanding the federal government act to keep fossil fuels in the ground, this is our moment to show that New Mexicans demand an end to the sale of public lands for fracking, mining and ...
Just say No to Copper Flat Mine
Allyson Siwik,
Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee
Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director New Mexico Copper Corporation wants to re-establish a polymetallic mine and processing facility near Hillsboro. The Copper Flat Mine is not the answer to Sierra County’s economic woes. Just like Grant County’s copper mines, it will be subject to the boom-and-bust economic cycle caused by volatile global copper prices and will potentially create a huge environmental liability for the public to clean up. Read more about the problems ...
Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee
Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director New Mexico Copper Corporation wants to re-establish a polymetallic mine and processing facility near Hillsboro. The Copper Flat Mine is not the answer to Sierra County’s economic woes. Just like Grant County’s copper mines, it will be subject to the boom-and-bust economic cycle caused by volatile global copper prices and will potentially create a huge environmental liability for the public to clean up. Read more about the problems ...
