Chapter endorsements for local elections

Chapter endorsements for local elections
On November 5, there are municipal elections in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces, as well as soil and water districts and several school boards. Here are the Sierra Club’s endorsements in the municipal elections and Doña Ana Soil and Water Conservation District ...
/ Elections

Northern Group Holiday Celebration –

Come join us Sunday, December 1, 2019, from 4:00 – 7:00 pm four our annual holiday social ...
/ Events, Northern New Mexico Group

Stop Tererro Mine Public Gathering – Santa Fe

Join us October 26 from 1pm-4pm at the Hondo 2 Fire Station ...
/ Events, Land, Northern New Mexico Group

Fracking wastewater in our water, rivers and food?

Fracking wastewater in our water, rivers and food?
You may know that the oil & gas industry injects water underground to release oil and gas during fracking. Companies have to figure out what to do with this wastewater. Ideally, they reuse it on the oil fields instead of using fresh water. We need you to voice your concerns at public hearing throughout the state ...
/ Land, Latest News, Water

Concerns about produced-water reuse

Concerns about produced-water reuse
Managing the massive amount of wastewater produced by oil and gas operations has been a challenge for New Mexico that is only increasing. Some wells produce up to 10 times more wastewater than oil. The US produces more than 900 billion gallons of wastewater annually from oil and gas operations – enough to fill more than 1,000 football stadiums. This water contains fracking fluids and subsurface compounds that are released in the fracking process ...
/ Land, Latest News, Water

New Mexico needs water reform

Photo of the Rio Grande River for Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter website
By Denise Fort Our state received another dubious honor recently, this time for being the most water stressed
state in the United States, paired with the United Arab Emirates. There is so much that should be
done in New Mexico, like charging for all water use, and so much that shouldn’t be done, like
exporting our water in the form of dairy products. It’s way too much to cover here, so I will just
focus on some of the environmental ...
/ Around the Chapter, Water

New Mexico commits to climate action

New Mexico commits to climate action
On September 24, 2019, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico will join 14 other states in adopting clean-car standards requiring new cars sold in the state to emit fewer greenhouse gases ...
/ Latest News, Press Release

First Saturday Arts – October 2019

First Saturday Arts – October 2019
One of our community efforts is to highlight the works of local artists in our First Week Arts series at our Albuquerque office. Join us on Saturday, October 5 for our featured show ...
/ Central New Mexico Group, Events

Join the Youth Climate Strike!

Join the Youth Climate Strike!
On Friday, September 20, 2019, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike from school and work across the US and around the world to demand urgent and transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis ...

Media Advisory: Climate Strike on Friday, September 20th

Media Advisory: Climate Strike on Friday, September 20th
A youth-led walk-out from over 20 Albuquerque Schools will strike against a status quo of complacency, inaction and injustice on climate change, and join global voices to call for a livable future ...