Rio Grande Chapter

New Mexico has a methane waste and pollution problem – it’s costing our schools millions in revenue, ruining our air and harming our climate for future generations. Sign our petition to request strong climate-saving methane safeguards in New Mexico.  Methane is a powerful climate-change pollutant responsible for 25 percent of the warming we experience today. It is also the primary component of natural gas and a valuable energy resource. Each year in New Mexico, oil and gas companies waste $275 ...

For immediate release: June 20, 2019 Amicus brief makes case that Interior’s rollback violates federal law by authorizing waste of public oil and gas resources, harming the public interest
Every year, an estimated $330 million of natural gas is wasted by the oil and gas industry on public and Tribal lands WASHINGTON – On Thursday morning, U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies,  and U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, ...

The Rio Grande Chapter in conjunction with Kirtland Air Force Base, Outdoor Recreation has been offered the opportunity to convene a wilderness first aid course especially geared toward our members ...

Rio Grande Chapter outings for July-October 2019 ...

Like most city dwellers, I pay my monthly water bill with scarcely a thought for what happens downstream after each flush of the toilet. When Central Group staffer Cecilia Chávez Beltrán suggested we take a tour of the local wastewater treatment facility, I told her it was beyond the scope of our zero-waste focus. But if she wanted to organize a tour, I’d go along ...

Military Outdoors Program hikes - May 24 to San Lorenzo Canyon and June 22 to Wheeler Peak ...

Please join us in welcoming photographer Patrick O'Brien for an opening reception on Saturday, June 8, 2-4 pm at the Albuquerque Sierra Club office ...

On May 14, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced the Methane Waste and Prevention Act of 2019, a bill that would enact commonsense and cost-effective solutions to reduce methane waste and pollution from oil and gas operations on public lands, protect taxpayers, safeguard public health and mitigate climate change ...

The next outing of the New Mexico ICO program will be Saturday, June 22, with Santa Fe Youth Shelter. We will hike the east branch of the Hyde Park Circle, including a side trip to the waterfall. 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 ...

Join us on May 11 in Hyder Park to recognize some of the wonderful mothers in our community and the families who have worked so hard to make Albuquerque more sustainable! We’ll also be celebrating passage of the Albuquerque Clean & Green Ordinance ...