Rio Grande Chapter

Aaron Taylor, a Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter volunteer and producer of “We Know Not What We Do,” is attending the Paris Climate Conference and a number of faith events related to it. “It may be unusual to hear this from a scientist, but facts are not enough,” said Katharine Hayhoe over the weekend at St. Michael’s church in Paris, France. The conference, entitled A Christian Response to Climate Change, was organized by a partnership between A Rocha International, the ...

Did you know that El Paso residents (No commercial business / contractors) can take trash, household hazardous waste, and bulky items to one of four public drop-off locations, known as Citizen Collection Stations, within the city. Trash is collected at the Citizen Collection Stations and then taken to the Greater El Paso Landfill for disposal. The Citizen Collection Stations also function as additional drop-off sites for recyclables, to complement the city’s curbside recycling program. Not everything that you may want ...

An unprecedented ceremony held at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso commemorated the 80th anniversary of the first signed agreement between the United States and Mexico allowing for “the creation and operation of International Parks, Forests, and Wild Life Preserves along the United States-Mexican International Boundary.”   Left to right Jason Abrams, Rick LoBello, Gus Sanchez, Zach Abrams. EL PASO:  December 6, 2015 — An unprecedented ceremony held at Chamizal National Memorial in El Paso commemorated the 80th anniversary of ...

Update: The El Paso City Council unanimously recommended rejecting every single aspect of El Paso Electric’s rate increases, including the solar penalties. The case still has to go through the Public Utilities Commission, and we will update you on how to contact your commissioners. Thank you for responding — your activism worked! El Paso Electric is proposing a hefty rate hike for its regular customers – and it wants double the rate hike for solar customers. EPE claims that solar ...

New Mexico lobos win! The New Mexico Game Commission voted Sept. 29 to deny the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a permit to release more wolves into the Gila, despite overwhelming public opposition and science indicating that the wild wolf population is in dire need of the genetic diversity that more wolf releases would provide. But on October 13, the Interior Department exempted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from New Mexico Game and Fish’s permitting process to allow it ...

Rio Grande Resources is applying to reactivate the uranium mine on Mount Taylor, a volcano north of Grants that is sacred to several Native American tribes and pueblos. The mine was closed in 1992 but has received four standby permits since, allowing mine owners to avoid cleaning up and reclaiming the site to protect from contaminating the groundwater of nearby communities. The request to reactivate the mine is simply a ploy to get around the New Mexico Mining Act law ...

Join us for music, refreshments, and good company! The Bosque Action Team has now been work for three years to protect our Rio Grande Bosque as natural space in our city and for its people. We can’t do that work without you and your support. The Bosque now is facing another length of the Mayor’s trail. Our hope is that with our Future Work Agreement with the City that this next phase of the trail will be good for the ...

The nations of the world will meet in Paris to find common action on protecting our planet and its climate for future generations. We’ll spread the message of climate hope teaching our friends and neighbor about how we can give the gift of clean and renewable energy to our children and all future generations. When: Saturday, December 12, 2:00-3:00 Location: Santa Fe Plaza What to bring: Image of the sun and solar panels Route: Palace, Cathedral, San Francisco, Old Santa ...

The Central Group of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter will be showcasing a series of local artists as part of the First Friday art events at the Albuquerque office. This month the new gallery space will exhibit the work of local landscape painter/pastel artist Katherine Irish (http://katherineirish.com/). Her work will be on display in the office through the month of December. Please join us at the opening event will be held on Friday, December 4, from 6 to 8 ...

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 Resources: Power Point Presentation | Video of Methane Venting in Aztec NM A coalition of groups from around the state announced Tuesday that more than 25,000 New Mexicans have submitted comments in support of Obama Administration safeguards that would help to reduce dangerous methane leakage from oil and gas operations around the country. Citizens have until Friday, Dec. 4, to comment and can do so at www.sc.org/CutMethane “More ...