Lands, Water & Wildlife Day at the Roundhouse – February 13
Continue the momentum on February 13 as we focus on Lands, Water and Wildlife at the Roundhouse - including workshops, information tables and meeting your legislators ...
First Friday Arts – February 2019
Please join us on February 8 at the Sierra Club office for the First Friday Arts reception of works by Barbara Endicott. Refreshments will be provided, and 30% of sales benefit the Sierra Club ...
Sierra Club statement on Gov. Lujan Grisham’s executive order
For immediate release: Jan. 29, 2019. Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday formally ordered that New Mexico will join the U.S. Climate Alliance, embracing the goals set by the 2015 Paris Agreement and aligning New Mexico with the U.S. governors and states that have committed to a climate-conscious future of protecting people, natural resources and cultural heritage. In response, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Chair David Coss issued the ...
NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has said the she will end efforts of a diversion project on the Gila River, given the "there is little to show for the millions of dollars spent on staff, lawyer and studies." ...
As most of you know by now, it was an extraordinarily successful election season for the Sierra Club here in New Mexico ...
Decommissioning causes nuclear conundrum
There are approximately 100 uranium-powered plants in the United States. They are located in urban centers near waterways that are used to cool the operation of the power plants. Utility owners and these communities’ elected officials are “decommissioning” aged-out uranium-powered plants. As there is no technology capable of removing radiation, they are looking to 'store' the waste in rural areas such as our backyard ...
PNM plan to close San Juan on track
The Public Regulation Commission on December 19 moved New Mexico one step closer to a nearly coal-free future. The commission accepted PNM’s “Integrated Resource Plan,” a 20-year plan that outlines PNM's goal to retire the plant by 2022 ...
A new report by the Wilderness Society and Taxpayers for Common Sense provides an analysis of state regulations for managing natural-gas waste across the eight states with federal oil and gas leasing and production. New Mexico is worst on almost all measures ...
Clean Energy Conference and lobbying trainings!
Now that we have turned our state government green, we have the most promising opportunity in a generation to pass bold, humanity- and wildlife-saving policies. Join us for our clean energy conference, lobby training and lobbying days at the legislature ...
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