Sierra Club statement on President Biden barring Russian oil imports

Sierra Club statement on President Biden barring Russian oil imports
Statement on President Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports For Immediate Release: March 8, 2022 Contact: Miya King-Flaherty, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, miya.king-flaherty@sierraclub.org, (505) 301 – 0863 Oil and gas supply and revenue are weapons used by Russian oligarchs ... Read More

Statement on PNM’s San Juan Generating Station summer plans

Statement on PNM’s San Juan Generating Station summer plans
Climate change – and the more frequent and intense heat waves it brings – is putting greater strain on our electric grid. PNM faces an added challenge during 2022’s peak-demand summer season because the pandemic and subsequent supply-chain issues have ... Read More

No on SB194: Gas-fueled hydrogen plants are NOT renewable energy

No on SB194: Gas-fueled hydrogen plants are NOT renewable energy
SB194 will be heard in Senate Conservation Committee at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8. If your Senator is on the committee, write your senator a personal note in opposition. If not, please write Sens. Liz Stefanics, Antoinette Sedillo-Lopez, Bill Soules, ... Read More

New Mexico’s HB4 “Hydrogen Hub Act” presents climate threat

New Mexico's HB4 "Hydrogen Hub Act" presents climate threat
Hydrogen production, especially hydrogen derived from methane, presents many different types of pollution, safety and local health threats along the production and distribution chain, including: 
  • Significant, climate-damaging methane emissions from extraction and transportation; 
  • CO2 pollution from the process to ... Read More