2025 60-day Legislative Session
We have an ambitious portfolio of legislation to protect New Mexico’s air, land, water, climate and communities. It's a portfolio we can’t achieve without you ...
New Mexico election results analysis
New Mexico did not completely escape the rightward winds of this past election, but all-in-all, escaped relatively unscathed. Thank you for your support! ...
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 ...
January With Sierra Club testifying in support, the New Mexico Construction Industries Commission votes to adopt the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code. It requires builders to design and construct new buildings with improved performance. The code includes requirements for new buildings to have infrastructure that supports charging for electric vehicles. Albuquerque City’s Sustainability Office and FUSE Corp start a Citywide Composting Initiative with federal grant money. This year-long initiative includes stakeholder interviews and public listening sessions across the city. It ...
SCOTUS Upholds EPA’s Commonsense Efforts to Curb Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry
On October 4, the United States Supreme Court rejected an effort by industry polluters and their political allies to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) comprehensive Clean Air Act standards to cut methane and other harmful pollutants from the oil and gas industry ...
2024 General Election Endorsements
View the endorsed candidates for state races for the 2024 general election ...
Chapter and group candidate statements
This page includes candidate statements for the 2024 Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee and Group Executive Committee elections. Electronic ballots will be emailed to all current chapter members on November 13, 2024.Please visit Sierra Club My Account or call Member Care at 415-977-5653 to be sure your correct email address is on file. Rio Grande Chapter Executive Committee Alissa Kent-GuyerAlissa Keny-Guyer joined Sierra Club in 1996 in Oregon, where she later served as state representative for NE/SE Portland. During her ...
2024 Climate Solutions Town Halls
In August, “Gen Green” will engage with communities across New Mexico with the goal of educating and empowering our community through a series of Climate Solutions - Just Transition Town Halls. Albuquerque August 8, Las Cruces August 14, Taos August 22, Santa Fe August 29 ...
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