August hike with Inspiring Connections Outdoors
The next outing of the New Mexico ICO program will be Saturday, August 24, with Santa Fe Youth Shelter. We plan on hiking the Deer Creek/Grasshopper Canyon Trail. 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 ...
Developments around the NM Healthy Soil Act
The NM Department of Agriculture is creating an inclusive process, involving all stakeholders, in the implementation of the 2019 Healthy Soil Program ...
Sierra Club statement on PNM abandonment filing
In response to PNM’s abandonment filing at the Public Regulation Commission on Monday, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Director Camilla Feibelman released this statement ...
New Mexico needs strong methane safeguards
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 ...
Udall leads lawmakers in challenging Trump gutting of methane protections
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, ...
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, ...
Wilderness First Aid – September 2019
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 ...
Zero Waste Team Goes with the Flow
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 ...
Sierra Club Military Outdoors Program – spring 2019 outings
Military Outdoors Program hikes - May 24 to San Lorenzo Canyon and June 22 to Wheeler Peak ...
First Saturday Arts – June 2019
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 ...
