Sierra Club Statement on the Reintroduction of Federal Legislation to Protect Chaco Canyon
Senator Ben Ray Lujan and Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez reintroduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, which would permanently ban new federal mineral leasing within a 10-mile buffer of Chaco Culture National Historical Park ... Read More
Public land threats under another Trump administration
In his short time in office, President Trump has issued a flood of executive actions threatening gains in climate policy, renewable energy development, and environmental protection. These threats are especially evident in Executive Order 14154, “Unleashing American Energy." ... Read More
How to still achieve 30×30 in the Land of Enchantment
In late August 2021, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed an executive order to protect New Mexico’s lands, watersheds, wildlife and natural heritage to help put America on the path to protecting 30 percent of our land by 2030. We check ... Read More
Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter statement calling for Caja del Rio National Monument designation
U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich called on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to designate the Caja del Rio landscape as a national monument, which would permanently protect the region from mining and other destructive land uses ... Read More
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