Albuquerque goes electric

Albuquerque goes electric
On a warm September morning, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller drove a shiny new blue Chevy Bolt into Civic Plaza, accompanied by five Global Warming Express members ...

Zero Waste Tour to Rio Grande Compost Facility

Zero Waste Tour to Rio Grande Compost Facility
The Zero Waste team toured the Rio Grande Compost Facility on Albuquerque's west side ...

New newsletter posted!

New newsletter posted!
The October/November/December 2019 issue of the Rio Grande Sierran has been posted on our website. And if you're not member yet, help support the newsletter and our conservation efforts. Memberships start at just $15 ...
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PRC puts coal-to-clean path in doubt

Unexpected obstacles could derail implementation of New Mexico’s landmark clean-energy law, relief funds for coal workers and even the amount of renewable replacement in the retirement of coal-fired San Juan Generating Station.  ...
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Press: A wildlife emergency is brewing at the border

Press: A wildlife emergency is brewing at the border
Scientists estimate the wall’s construction will impact hundreds to thousands of species of animals ...
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Press: NM begins discussion on reusing wastewater from fracking

Press: NM begins discussion on reusing wastewater from fracking
State agencies held the first public meeting about “produced water” Tuesday in Albuquerque ...
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November Hike with Inspiring Connections Outdoors

November Hike with Inspiring Connections Outdoors
The next outing of the New Mexico ICO program will be Saturday, Nov. 16, with Santa Fe Youth Shelters. We plan on hiking to at Galisteo Basin Preserve. We’re meeting at 8:45 and leaving at 9 a.m., and we should be back no later than 3:30. Those interested should contact Raymond N. Greenwell at matrng@hofstra.edu ...
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PRC hearing to address ETA

PRC hearing to address ETA
Read our message that provides context and correction for inflammatory statements by New Energy Economy regarding the case at the Public Regulation Commission addressing PNM’s abandonment of its ownership of San Juan Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in the Farmington area ...
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New Game Commission, old allegiances

Photo of a brown bear cub for the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter website.
Hopes were high when Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed a new Game Commission after eight years of wildlife policies that so often dismissed science and contradicted conservation, especially for carnivorous animals. While some welcome changes are on offer, the new Game Commission is still  composed entirely of hunters. The chair and vice chair have both already had long careers as employees of the New Mexico Game and Fish Department.  After several meetings, the allegiances of the new commission have begun ...
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Doña Ana caves to federal agency on trapping

Doña Ana caves to federal agency on trapping
By Mary Katherine Ray Two county commissions have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Southern New Mexico. The Doña Ana County Commission voted in April to prohibit using the county’s federal range-improvement funds to pay the federal agency Wildlife Services for lethal removal of wildlife. Wildlife Services is a euphemistically named agency whose main purpose is killing wildlife, often using cruel means, from leghold traps to snares to cyanide poison bombs to aerial gunning. Wildlife Services was not ...
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