ALBUQUERQUE – The future of coal at the San Juan Generating Station grew cloudier today after a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) hearing examiner recommended that the commissioners reject PNM’s proposal for a large rate hike along with plans
Sierra Club launches Returning Wolf to Texas Initiative
The Sierra Club El Paso Group will launch a new Return of the Wolf to Texas Education Initiative with a lecture by Rick LoBello at the Rubin Center on the UTEP campus on March 18, 2015, at 6pm. The free
New Mexico at center of Obama’s climate-change proposal
By Troy Wllde, Public News ServiceNew Mexico may be among the states most impacted by President Barack Obama’s effort to regulate and reduce methane gas emissions.Mike Eisenfeld, New Mexico energy coordinator for the advocacy group San Juan Citizens Alliance, says
Bill gutting Renewable Energy Act dies in Senate
On March 17, the New Mexico Senate Conservation Committee voted 6-2 to table HB 445, which sought to eliminate New Mexico’s requirement for 20 percent renewable energy by 2020. Tabling HB 445, sponsored by Rep. Larry Scott (R-Lea), means it
Local climate guru hits Rolling Stone
The team led by Nate McDowell of the Earth Systems Observations Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory has been studying climate change for many years. The effect of global warming and drought on tree physiology is often ignored or even unknown by
Kinder cancels CO2 pipeline through New Mexico
A huge sigh of relief was heard from residents from Quemado to Mountainair on the evening of Jan. 21 after Kinder Morgan announced the cancellation of its plans to build the massive Lobos CO2 pipeline through central New Mexico. Some
Also recommends regulators reject PNM’s rooftop solar tax proposal ALBUQUERQUE – The future of coal at the San Juan Generating Station grew cloudier today after a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) hearing examiner recommended that the commissioners reject PNM’s
Clean-water coalition, industry reach settlement on Dairy Rule
On Monday, April 6, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission expressed support for a settlement between the Citizens Dairy Coalition (which includes the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter), the dairy industry, the New Mexico Attorney General and the New
Hearing examiner gives PNM’s San Juan coal plan thumbs-down
ALBUQUERQUE – PNM’s plan to double down on burning coal at the San Juan Generating Station faces a new hurdle after a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission hearing examiner recommended that the commission reject PNM’s request to increase its share
Stop legislation that would kill oil and gas safeguards
UPDATE: Every one of these bills died in the House or Senate before the session ended. Thank you for your activism! This type of legislation will almost surely be back, so please check back during the 2016 session. Numerous counties