Sen. Rodríguez: Solar energy benefits El Paso, EPE proposal does not
Sen. Rodriguez is an avid hiker and biker. He is pictured speaking at the GRO conference in Downtown El Paso. El Paso – State Sen. José Rodríguez today announced his opposition to a proposal by El Paso Electric (EPE) that would create a new fee for customers who have solar panels installed on their homes as well as increase their rates by 24 percent. He urged the El Paso City Council to reject the proposal. “I have long been an ...
Nob Hill Holiday Stroll for Climate Hope – December 3
Thursday, December 3rd, 6 pm The nations of the world will meet in Paris to find common action on protecting our planet and its climate for future generations. Join us on at the Nob Hill Holiday Stroll. 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. Where: Gather at Triangle Park at the corner of Monte Vista and ...
This weekend: Bosque walks, Ghost Ranch hikes and more
Please join one of many Rio Grande Chapter outings this weekend — as always, Sierra Club outings are free and open to the public. You must contact the leader to RSVP beforehand. Thank you, and we hope to see you on the trail!! Saturday, Nov. 14: Fall hike in the Bosque. We’ll hike the west-side stretch of the Bosque from Montaño to the Oxbow (about 1.5 miles). The stand of cottonwoods behind the Bosque School should be beautiful this time of ...
Public Regulation Commission stops EPE’s anti-solar plan
New Mexico is a test case for the utility industry’s coordinated nationwide effort to kill residential solar energy, and you just helped win another battle for solar! The latest test case in utilities’ nationwide anti-solar scheme is in Southern New Mexico, where El Paso Electric has attempted to become the first utility in the nation to put solar customers into a separate rate category — so they can be charged much higher rates than other customers. Many of you attended Public Regulation Commissioner SandyJones’ public hearings ...
Tell Secretary Jewell: Don’t sign off on costly Gila River diversion!
Originating in America’s first designated wilderness area, New Mexico’s Gila River is a biological gem. Its forests boast one of the highest concentrations of breeding birds in the country, including rare yellow-billed cuckoos, and its waters sustain the endangered loach minnow and Gila trout. The Gila is also a mainstay for the area’s recreation economy. After three previous failed attempts to dam and divert this iconic Southwestern river, the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and local New Mexico entity are planning to divert ...
Rare photos and State Department documents to be revealed at Sierra Club presentation
The El Paso Sierra Club Group will sponsor a special presentation entitled “Rewriting the History of the Big Bend International Park Movement, 1933-1963” on Tuesday evening, 7:00pm on November 17 at the West Side Regional Command Center, 4801 Osborne Drive in El Paso. Jason and Zachary Abrams, of Forgotten Frontiers.com will present a selection of previously unexamined material located in the National Archives that challenges the known history of the U.S.-Mexican International Park movement. The presentation will also include the first-ever ...
Take action against dirty copper-mining rule
In 2013, the Martinez Administration committed one of the most flagrant violations of the public trust in recent memory. After years of work by technical experts and an advisory committee composed of stakeholders from all sides, a draft rule to protect the state’s groundwater from copper-mining pollution was submitted to the Environment Department by the department’s technical staff and consultant Bill Olson (a former Groundwater Quality Bureau chief for the department). Freeport-McMoRan, the copper giant that owns the three biggest copper ...
When: Sunday, November 15th from 9:00am – 3:00pm Location: Albuquerque Metro area, exact location TBA (we’ll let you know asap) Cost: If we get ten people signed up for the class the total cost of the class is $42.50. If more people sign up it’ll be less, so we’ll let you know the balance of the cost the day of the class. Sign up:
- Send a deposit check of $30 made out to the Sierra Club to 2215 Lead Ave ...
NM fell farther than any other state in energy efficiency in 2014
Revoking of energy-saving building codes cited as likely cause of lack of progress For immediate release: Oct. 22, 2015
Contact: Camilla Feibelman: 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, 2215 Lead Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, 505-243-7767 A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy says New Mexico dropped farther than any other state in its annual state rankings. “New Mexico dropped the farthest in 2015, losing four points and falling six positions from 25th to 31st ...
Contact: Camilla Feibelman: 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, 2215 Lead Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, 505-243-7767 A new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy says New Mexico dropped farther than any other state in its annual state rankings. “New Mexico dropped the farthest in 2015, losing four points and falling six positions from 25th to 31st ...
Your Vote Matters in Abq. Council Election on Oct. 6!
Elections matter. In this day and age, we are all more or less cynical about the ability of government to do anything positive, but the fact remains that, for the environmental issues we all care about, elections do have consequences and your vote matters. We cannot hope to advance a clean energy agenda in Albuquerque if we do not have a friendly City Council. The mayor will be free to pursue environmentally harmful development in the Bosque if he can command ...
