Rio Grande Chapter

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is proposing changes to state trapping rules that are inadequate to protect people and wildlife. Please attend the 8/22/19 meeting of the New Mexico Game Commission in Santa Fe and share your view in a two-minute comment ...

The 2019-2020 year marks the 7th year of The Global Warming Express and it is shaping up to be one of the busiest. Below is a portion of what the Global Warming Expressers have been up to: January 9, 2019: GWEers from Mountain Mahogany School in ABQ were invited to attend the ABQ City Council’s Press Conference, yesterday, on the plastic limit bill now under consideration. The GWE kids spoke about this just a few weeks ago and, immediately, the ...

On Monday 8/5/2019, the EPA announced the appointment of former oil and gas executive, climate denier and former New Mexico Energy Secretary Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator. Read the statement from the Rio Grande Sierra Club ...

Please join us in welcoming Edna Casman for an opening reception on Saturday, August 3, 2-4 pm at the Sierra Club office (2215 Lead Ave SE) ...

By Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Chair Utility-related cases at the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) are as complex as the need for a transformation to clean, renewable energy is urgent. New Energy Economy and Retake Our Democracy have misrepresented the Sierra Club’s position and that of the Coalition for Clean and Affordable Energy (CCAE), of which we are a member.  This time would be better spent talking to you about the next key steps we need to take – and ...

New Mexico is taking up the slack from the Trump administration, announcing it will create rules to slash climate-damaging methane pollution from its booming oil and gas industry ...

The Santa Fe Mountains Landscape Project is the proposed action from the fireshed coalition is working on “to improve the resilience of a priority landscape to future disturbances such as high-severity wildfire, drought, and insect outbreaks by restoring forest structure and composition.” ...

All three candidates endorsed by the Rio Grande Chapter in the June 7 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District election were victorious. This is an election where voting and volunteering by Sierra Club supporters can really make a difference, since so few eligible voters actually cast a ballot. Congratulations to all the candidates, and a big THANK YOU to all of you who made the effort to vote in this important election ...

Even though New Mexico’s 30-day legislative session is months away, the wheels are turning for new laws and bills now. The interim legislative session runs from June to November, and it consists of joint House-Senate committees that travel the state to hear about issues that will likely show up as legislation in 2020 ...

Meet Rio Grande Chapter Director Camilla Feibelman ...