Inflation Reduction Act Delivers $156M in Solar for All Funds for New Mexico
Sierra Club statement on Biden Administration Protections for Buffalo Tract
Biden Administration Finalizes Important Reforms to Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Sierra Club Celebrates Governor’s Signing of Tax Package
New Mexico adopts money-saving building codes
PRC hearing examiner recommends nixing some customer costs for Four Corners coal plant
EPA Finalizes methane safeguards to slash oil and gas pollution
**National press briefing from methane advocates, including from New Mexico, will take place on Monday, December 4, at 11am MT. Further details to come. After close to 10 years of work by environmental and frontline communities in New Mexico and around the country, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham joins Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan at the UN Climate Summit (livestream 1 a.m. MT) to announce EPA safeguards to slash methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and gas industry, a major win for climate and public health. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas more than 80 ... Read More
Greater Chaco Coalition Calls on Administration to Follow Through with “Honoring Chaco”
Energy Transition Act Delivers $115 Million Back to PNM Customers
New Mexico’s iconic cougars and bears: more valuable than a stuffed trophy
President Biden Reaffirms Investments in Clean Energy Jobs in New Mexico
Clean Cars, Trucks standards save lives, money
Secretary Haaland Protects Chaco Canyon From Oil, Gas Drilling
Advocates Demand “Phasing Out Fossil Fuels” As Part of Proposed BLM Public Lands Rule
Advocates Deliver Message to BLM to Cancel Lease Sale
24th Annual State of the Air Report
Rejection of climate measures is bad news for a livable climate
Sierra Club El Paso Group statement on Castner Range designation as National Monument
Bridge to the Ancestors Walk – Permian Basin to TX Gulf Coast
SB53: Banning Storage of High-Level Nuclear Waste
Climate Justice rally at Roundhouse moved outdoors
Industry report leaves out oil and gas health, water, climate damages
D.C. Premiere of “Our Story: The Indigenous-Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco”
Greater Chaco Coalition Statement on Chaco Cultural Heritage Protection Act
PRC hearing examiners recommend NM Gas settlement
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter statement on New Mexico unofficial election results so far
Supreme Court stay blocks customers’ bill credits reflecting ETA savings from coal closure
Niagara Bottling Request Tabled Indefinitely
Valencia County NROZ ordinance – response
The Permian Basin Climate Justice Coalition condemns the Biden Administration’s June Lease Sale
PRC orders rate credit to reflect savings of closing coal plant
Sierra Club raises nearly $25,000 for Las Vegas Community Fund, Wildfire Victims
144,377 New Mexicans, including 38,749 children, Threatened by Oil and Gas Industry Air Pollution
Community groups, NM Gas settle on hydrogen, rate proposal
- Agreement that NM Gas ... Read More
Coalition delivers 80K comments to Bureau of Land Management to “Truly Honor Chaco”
Methane standards bring big climate, health wins for New Mexico
Sierra Club statement on President Biden barring Russian oil imports
Statement on President Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports
Environmental Priorities See Mixed Results in Legislative Session
Sierra Club wrap-up of NM legislative session 2022
Statement on PNM’s San Juan Generating Station summer plans
Greater Chaco Coalition Demands More Than Piece-Meal Protection in Response to 10-Mile Buffer
NM Supreme Court Rules ETA Constitutional
Environmental Leaders Respond to LFC’s Budget Request
Greater Chaco Coalition celebrates new path forward for landscape protection
Analysis of EPA’s New Proposed Methane Safeguards
EPA proposes major curbs on oil & gas methane but must strengthen them
Greater Chaco Coalition Comments Delivered
NM groups to lawmakers: Fossil-fueled hydrogen a climate threat, not a solution
Senator Heinrich Signals Supports for Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
New Mexicans urge senators to repeal fossil-fuel subsidies in budget reconciliation
Rio Grande Chapter statement on Interior Department lease announcement
Community secures health, climate concessions on Newman 6
Report analyzes energy equity in Western states’ climate policy
1,000 New Mexicans urge New Mexico to start Clean Cars rulemaking immediately
Climate Coalition Petitions for Adoption of Clean Car Standard in 2021
50 New Mexicans to Testifying in EPA Methane Listening Session
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter responds to court order on leasing pause
NM Environment Department proposes improved methane safeguards
Senate Passes Resolution to Reinstate Methane Pollution Safeguards
President Biden Boosts New Mexico’s Clean Car Efforts
130+ Groups Urge Biden to Act on Methane
200 groups to Biden: Align federal fossil fuel programs with U.S. climate goals
PNM cites ETA in proposing 100% solar and storage to replace nuclear
NM Environmental Groups Praises Haaland’s Secretarial Orders on Climate, Energy
Friday, April 16, 2021
Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 NM Environmental Groups Praises Haaland’s Secretarial Orders on Climate, Energy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interior Secretary Haaland today issued two executive orders prioritizing action on climate change and revoking Trump administration policies promoting fossil fuel development over the health of communities and the outdoors. The orders ensure that the social cost of carbon and other climate pollution is considered in decision making, and instructs agencies within the Department of the Interior not to adhere to the Trump-era regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). They also focus on economic justice ... Read More
Statements on Congressional Review Act resolution for methane safeguards
New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission finalizes rules
Greater Chaco Coalition Responds to DOI Virtual Forum on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing
Statements on Congressional Review Act resolution for methane safeguards
Environmental community praises budget increases for NMED, EMNRD, outdoor recreation
Sierra Club Welcomes Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
Sierra Club Applauds Biden Climate Action on Public Lands, Waters
Sierra Club Praises Haaland Nomination for Department of the Interior
PRC cites ETA in rejecting El Paso Electric gas expansion
Statement on Avangrid purchase of PNM Resources
Sierra Club – Rio Grande Chapter Responds to Publication of Draft NM Methane Rule
New Mexicans Criticize the Trump Administration’s Reversal of EPA Oil and Gas Pollution Protections
Low-Income and Environmental Advocates Applaud New Mexico’s New Energy Conservation Building Code
Ruling reinstates Obama administration’s BLM Waste Prevention Rule
Court challenge: Feds cut out public on 40,802-acre NM oil and gas leases
PRC Examiners Include All Renewables As Key Alternative for Replacement for San Juan Coal
PRC approves job-creating, low-cost renewable/storage projects
Chaco Coalition Responds to Another Trump Administration Broken Promise
PRC Delay of San Juan Coal Plant’s Replacement Decision is Unfortunate and Risky
Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy PRC approval of Solar Direct Program
Udall introduces bipartisan bill to update bargain-basement oil and gas rates for public land
Greater Chaco Coalition Responds to BLM’s Broken Promises
Statement on San Juan Generating Station recommended decisions
In the news: Time to focus on clean energy solutions that work
PRC approves 140 megawatts of wind for PNM
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter statement on Supreme Court ruling on the Energy Transition Act
Environment Day tomorrow: Resident speaks about fracking wastewater leak
PRC should choose 100% renewables and storage to replace San Juan coal
Xcel Rate Case Agreement Includes a Commitment to Retire Texas Coal-Fired Power Plant
Rio Grande Chapter statement on Escalante coal plant closing
Early 2020 Endorsements for Environmental Champions
NM community leaders applaud Oil Conservation Commission for adopting oil and gas enforcement rules
Public Condemns Sale of Ancestral Tribal and Public Lands For Fracking
Sierra Club response to Governor’s Climate Task Force Report
New Mexico commits to climate action
Media Advisory: Climate Strike on Friday, September 20th
New Mexico BLM Auctions Off More Public Land For Fracking
New Mexicans speak out against EPA effort to erase critical climate protections
Sierra Club statement on appointment of Ken McQueen as EPA Region 6 administrator
Sierra Club statement on PNM abandonment filing
Udall leads lawmakers in challenging Trump gutting of methane protections
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, led a group of 51 lawmakers in filing an amicus brief challenging the Trump Interior Department’s decision to revise and ... Read More
Methane Waste and Prevention Act introduced
NRC panel rejects all objections to proposed NM nuclear dump
Albuquerque moves beyond plastic bags
Sierra Club responds to PNM announcement of 100% carbon free by 2040
Greater Chaco Coalition responds to Congressional visit on oil and gas impacts
Groups Applaud Greater Chaco Landscape Protection
Protect Communities, Protect the Climate: No New Leases
Thursday, March 28, 2019 Photos: HERE
Frack Off Greater Chaco videos: HERE Contacts Daniel Tso, Navajo Nation Council Delegate, (928) 318-0039
Rebecca Sobel, Climate and Energy Senior Campaigner, WildEarth Guardians, (267) 402-0724
Miya King-Flaherty, Our Wild New Mexico Organizer, Sierra Club-Rio Grande Chapter, (505) 301-0863 Protect Communities, Protect the Climate: No New Leases New Mexicans Strike and Sit-In at BLM State Headquarters to Protest New Fracking in Greater Chaco and Greater Carlsbad Santa Fe, N.M. – Crowds gathered today for a climate strike in front of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) state office in Santa Fe to protest ... Read More
Carbon-free is New Mexico law! Gov. Lujan Grisham signs historic legislation
Stephanie Steinbrecher, Sierra Club Ready for 100, stephanie.steinbrecher@sierraclub.org SANTA FE, NM — On Friday, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Energy Transition Act (SB489), which sets a mandate of 100% carbon-free energy for the entire state. The bill, introduced in February, was passed by the state legislature last week. The Energy Transition Act will make electricity generation 100 percent carbon-free by 2045 from the state’s investor-owned utilities, and for all rural cooperative utilities by 2050. The law also plans for a just ... Read More
Over 30,000 Protests Delivered Opposing Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Landmark Energy Transition Act passes NM Legislature!
Sierra Club statement on Gov. Lujan Grisham’s executive order
Sierra Club responds to land commissioner’s ban on killing contests
Greater Chaco Advocates Rally at BLM to Protest Sale of Over 89,000 Acres for Fracking
Hundreds of Thousands Speak Out Against Rollback of Methane Protections
New Mexicans testify in Denver against gutting of EPA methane safeguards
Trump Administration Guts Second Oil and Gas Waste and Pollution Rule in a Week
EPA: Oil and Gas Wells Can Keep on Polluting and Wasting Methane
Zinke Proposes More Fracking in Greater Chaco, Despite Need for More Analysis
Zinke meets privately in New Mexico while public is locked outside
Community, Tribal, and Faith Leaders Protest DOI Royalty Policy Committee in Albuquerque
Additional public meetings on NM nuclear dump scheduled
SE New Mexico businesspeople voice concerns about storage site
Hundreds of Thousand Oppose Evisceration of BLM Methane Rule
Citizens speak about risks of proposed nuclear dump in New Mexico
Millions In Taxpayer Revenues Go Up In Flames
Greater Chaco Employs “Warning” Signs to Combat Fracking
Greater Chaco spared from fracking auction
NRC: store radioactive wastes in NM
BLM Finalizes Methane Rule Delay
Sandoval officials side with Big Oil and Gas over residents
Last week, the Sandoval County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend an oil and gas ordinance that would bypass public input and endanger drinking water. But there’s still time to stop it. Commissioner Dan Stoddard’s ordinance, recommended Tuesday with few changes by the P and Z Commission, would give county staff sole authority to approve or deny drilling applications. “Staff could allow oil and gas drilling without public notice, hearings or a vote by the county commission,” Rio Grande Sierra Club Public Lands Fellow Miya King-Flaherty said. “All an oil or gas ... Read More
Gov. Martinez’s twisting of science is dangerous and bad for education
New Mexico Residents Respond to Zinke’s Public Lands Recommendations
Sierra Club Statement on Trump’s Termination of DACA
Contact: Lauren Lantry, lauren.lantry@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today in the midst of a national emergency along the Gulf Coast, Donald Trump’s Attorney General, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, is set to announce the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, leaving it up to congress to protect the more than 800,000 young undocumented immigrants in the program. DACA, put in place by the Obama administration, provided protections from deportations and the ability to work and attend school for young undocumented immigrants, or Dreamers, brought to the U.S. as children. Houston is home to 56,800 dreamers. In response, Sierra ... Read More
Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Delay of BLM Methane Rule
New Mexicans, Four Corners Residents Testify in DC to Protect EPA Methane Rules
Contact: Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub. org, 505.715.8388 Washington, DC – Yesterday an array of New Mexicans and Four Corners area residents testified in Washington DC against a delay of the EPA’s methane pollution standards. The agency should have implemented the Leak Detection and Repair aspect of the rule at the beginning of June, but attempted to stay these rules for 90-days, and action which a DC court denied. The Washington hearings are part of an additional, formal public process to delay the rule for 2 years. Moms, doctors and tribal leaders expressed deep concerns about ... Read More
Clean Air Task Force * Earthworks
Stuart Ross, Clean Air Task Force, 914-649-5037, sross@catf.us Hundreds of thousands threatened by Pruitt’s proposal to block EPA oil & gas methane safeguards As impacted citizens testify that ‘stay’ will harm their health, new analysis shows over 200,000 live within ½ mile threat radius of 18,000 affected facilities Washington, D.C., July 10th –On the same day the Environmental Protection Agency takes public comment on Administrator Scott Pruitt’s proposal to stay for 2 years the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to limit oil and gas methane pollution, a new analysis shows more than 203,000 Americans, ... Read More
Court defends oil and gas waste rule, a win for New Mexico’s kids and economy
Dirty-Water Move by Trump Administration Threatens New Mexico Waters
Contacts: Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575.770.8327, www.amigosbravos.org Washington – On June 27 the Trump Administration started the process to repeal the Clean Water Rule, putting the sources of drinking water for more than 117 million Americans at risk and increasing threats to streams and wetlands that filter pollution and provide habitat for wildlife. “The Trump Administration has once again proved it only cares about one thing – putting polluters first. Repealing the Clean Water Rule puts the drinking water for hundreds of thousands of New Mexicans at risk” said Rachel Conn, Projects Director for ... Read More
NM Groups Glad Methane-Waste Rule is Safe, for Now
Sierra Club statement on PNM early coal exit
In response to PNM’s proposal to eliminate coal from its energy portfolio by 2031, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter Director Camilla Feibelman released the following statement: “PNM’s announcement that early retirement of San Juan and Four Corners coal plants will save customers money is a clear demonstration that coal is no longer economically sustainable. Across the nation, utilities are planning early retirements for coal plants, including San Juan, Four Corners and Navajo Generating Station, because coal is simply being outcompeted by less-expensive sources, including wind, solar and energy efficiency. We must take this ... Read More
58 New Mexico officials send letter urging opposition to Pruitt EPA nomination
Public Demands Greater Chaco Protection
Statement on PNM rate case decision
Crude Oil and Wastewater Tankers Explode
New map displays methane threat to New Mexico
PNM’s Rate Hike is Bad for New Mexicans
Obama Administration Finalizes Safeguards for Methane Pollution
May 12, 2016 Contacts: Camilla Feibelman, 505-715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org
Mike Eisenfeld, 505-360-8994, mike@sanjuancitizens.org
Joan Brown, 505-266-6966, joankansas@swcp.com
Molly Sanders, 505-554-4115, molly@cvnm.org
Tom Singer, 505-231-1070, singer@westernlaw.org JOINT STATEMENT FROM NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Albuquerque, NM – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized standards for methane pollution, a component of natural gas, from new and modified sources in the oil and gas sector. These safeguards are the first-ever national standards for methane pollution, a greenhouse gas that is 87 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the near term. Last month, the EPA released its Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report, ... Read More
Moms, community members, elected officials praise EPA methane standards
Citizen Groups Challenge Fracking in Santa Fe National Forest
May 4, 2016 Citizen Groups Challenge Fracking in Santa Fe National Forest
Legal Push Part of Broader Effort to Safeguard Greater Chaco from Oil and Gas Industry Contacts:
Kyle Tisdel, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8050, tisdel@westernlaw.org
Samantha Ruscavage-Barz, WildEarth Guardians, 505-401-4180, sruscavagebarz@wildearthguardians.org
Mike Eisenfeld, San Juan Citizens Alliance, 505-360-8994, mike@sanjuancitizens.org
Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, rconn@amigosbravos.org
Teresa Seamster, Sierra Club, 505-983-2703, ctc.seamster@gmail.com
Carol Davis, Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, 928-221-7859, caroljdavis.2004@gmail.com SANTA FE, NM — In a bid to protect New Mexico’s water, air, and climate, a coalition of environmental groups filed suit yesterday challenging the Obama ... Read More
New Mexico Elected Officials Call For Reduction of Methane Pollution
Thursday, April 25th, 2016 Contact:
Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club, Camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388
Matt Ross, City of Santa Fe, mross@ci.santa-fe.nm.us, 505.795.4169 New Mexico Elected Officials Call For Reduction of Methane Pollution 68 Mayors and County Commissioners Sign Letter in Support of EPA Rules Today, Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales joined 68 mayors and county commissioners, 7 from New Mexico, to send a letter to President Barack Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Gina McCarthy urging them to take action on dangerous methane pollution from new and existing oil and gas industry sources. This group of leaders from 13 ... Read More
US-Canada Pact Will Help Clear New Mexico Skies
President Obama, Prime Minister Trudeau announce climate-strategy agreement
Contact: Camilla Feibelman, (505) 715-8388, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org
Jonathon Berman, (202) 297-7533, jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an agreement to address the climate crisis, expand our clean-energy economy, commit both nations to Arctic conservation, and address the need for safeguards to cut dangerous methane from both new and existing sources.
The agreement commits both countries to laying out a strategy to significantly reduce greenhouse gases by 2050, encourages the international expansion of domestic efforts to ... Read More
Statement on Signing of SB72 Into Law
Dan Lorimier, daniel.lorimier@sierraclub.org, 575-740-2927
Eleanor Bravo, Food and Water Watch, ebravo@fwwatch.org, 505-730-8474
Rev. Holly Beaumont, Interfaith Worker Justice — New Mexico, hbeaumont@iwj.org, 505-660-5018 On Thursday, Gov. Susana Martinez signed into law Senate Bill 72, another effort by New Mexico’s industrial dairy industry to immunize itself from responsibility for the pollution and nuisance created by these operations. Many homeowners who live near dairies and other agricultural operations bought their homes decades ago, when nearby operations were much smaller and had little or no ... Read More
New Mexicans seize opportunity to discuss recent methane standards
Community groups applaud recommendation to deny SandRidge application
Over 25,000 New Mexicans Support Cutting Methane Emissions
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Rio Grande Chapter Director, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, 505.715.8388 Resources: Power Point Presentation | Video of Methane Venting in Aztec NM A coalition of groups from around the state announced Tuesday that more than 25,000 New Mexicans have submitted comments in support of Obama Administration safeguards that would help to reduce dangerous methane leakage from oil and gas operations around the country. Citizens have until Friday, Dec. 4, to comment and can do so at www.sc.org/CutMethane “More than 25,000 New Mexicans have joined over 700,000 people throughout the country in support of the President’s efforts to control ... Read More
Chapter ad campaign urges Gov. Martinez to do right thing for cougars, bears
Mexican wolves — on Sept. 29 On Monday, the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter launched a radio campaign targeting Gov. Susana Martinez regarding her Game Commission’s decisions to allow trapping of cougars and increased bear-killing by trophy hunters. The ads ask New Mexicans to urge Martinez to direct her Game Commission to reverse the cougar and bear votes. Listen to the recording here (to donate to keep the ad on the air and broaden its reach, please cllick here): https://www.riograndesierraclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Bears-and-Cougars-092115-REV_mixdown.mp3 To donate to keep our ads on the ... Read More
Chapter statement on Game Commission’s cougar, bear vote
Sierra Club applauds new methane pollution standard
Conservation groups ask NM Game Commission to oppose cougar-trapping proposal
City Bulldozes the Bosque and Public Trust
Photos and videos available
Contact: Camilla Feibelman, (505) 715-8388 Albuquerque, NM On Monday the Bosque Action Team received maps of three different options for trails in the Bosque, part of a public process on how to restore and formalize trails in the Bosque. On Tuesday the City of Albuquerque had bladed a 6-foot-wide trail through the Bosque. Members of the Bosque Action Team, who had been working with the City in a productive public participation process, were stunned by the move. “Mayor Richard Berry ordered a trail to be plowed through the Bosque on ... Read More
Contact: Mona Blaber, (505) 660-5905, monablaber@gmail.com, or Camilla Feibelman, camilla.feibelman@sierraclub.org, (505) 715-8388 Albuquerque, NM Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter director, was confirmed be the U.S. Senate on Tuesday as a trustee of the Morris K and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.
A former Udall Scholar, Feibelman (photo attached) will join the foundation for a term that expires in 2017. The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation is a federal agency providing programs to promote leadership, education, collaboration, and conflict resolution in the areas of environment, public lands and natural resources ... Read More
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