Great last-minute Christmas gift!

Great last-minute Christmas gift!
Enjoy our southwest natural heritage every day! Hang one of these sublime photos by photographer Jan Bartelstone in your office or home. For a $150 donation to the Rio Grande Chapter, you can choose one of these 6 musuem quality, exclusive limited edition prints ...
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Speak Out – Oppose F-16 Training Airspace over the Gila!

Speak Out - Oppose F-16 Training Airspace over the Gila!
Submit your public comments by January 31, 2020 to Peaceful Gila Skies Holloman Air Force Base (AFB) in Alamogordo wants to expand its F-16 pilot training airspace across southwestern New Mexico. Although the Air Force acknowledges that current airspace is adequate for F-16 combat training, it proposes an annual additional of 10,000 sorties, discharge of 15,000 flares and 15,000 bundles of chaff. The future of Holloman AFB is not at risk. We shouldn’t sacrifice the Gila, America’s first wilderness, and other ...

Notes from PRC public hearing

Notes from PRC public hearing
Some of you may have listened to the testimony and cross examination that took place last week at the PRC related to the San Juan plant closure and tried to make heads or tails of what is being said. Here's some background and interpretation ...
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Winter 2020 Outings

Winter 2020 Outings
Join us on one of our outings for January-March 2020 ...
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PRC hearing – December 9

PRC hearing - December 9
The Public Regulation Commission's public hearing on whether to support early closure for coal, savings for ratepayers, and $40 million of worker and community transition funds will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 9, PERA Building, 1120 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe.  ...
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Thank you, volunteers!

Thank you, volunteers!
Please join us Sunday, December 8 in celebrating a year of work and success for our planet and climate, along with special guests 350.org and Mom's Clean Air Force. This is a potluck event ...

For Give Back Tuesday, give the gift of your time

For Give Back Tuesday, give the gift of your time
The upcoming week’s holidays include #OptOutside Day, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday. You can participate by volunteering your time and becoming part of a long and important Sierra Club legacy of grassroots activism. The Rio Grande Chapter is volunteer-led, and that corps of volunteers is at the heart of our effectiveness. Lend your time and skills to our team. Help protect our climate, water, air, land and wildlife right here in New Mexico and West Texas with your fellow Sierra Club Rio ...
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Giving Tuesday – December 3

Giving Tuesday - December 3
Your Rio Grande Chapter needs you! We are volunteer-led, and that corps of volunteers is at the heart of our effectiveness. Be part of a long and important Sierra Club legacy of grassroots activism by volunteering. No matter your skills or your time commitment, there is a place for you ...
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Sierra Club response to Governor’s Climate Task Force Report

Sierra Club response to Governor’s Climate Task Force Report
On November 21, 2019, the New Mexico Interagency Climate Change Task Force submitted a report to the governor, putting on full display our climate-conscious path forward as a state ...
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Chapter elections – online ballot

Chapter elections - online ballot
The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club has executive committees at the state and local levels. ExComm members are responsible for determining priorities and actions. Please take the time to select the candidates to represent you ...
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