First Saturday Arts – February 2020
Please join us for another fun and social First Saturday Art opening. Saturday February 1 at the Albuquerque office ...
We’re in the news: Water scarcity accelerates plans to close Xcel’s Tolk coal plant by a decade
Excel Energy, electricity producer for Texas and New Mexico, plans to close the 1.1 GW Tolk coal-fired generating station by late 2032. This is a link to an article ...
El Paso students hike, learn, protect
Students of the Americas High School Sierra Student Coalition participated in outdoor adventures and service projects and helped organize a resounding victory for Lost Dog Trails in 2019 ...
Going bag-free reduces litter and the demand for oil and gas. The county and city address frequently asked questions ...
Want to help but you don’t know how? Here are some easy tips from our Zero Waste Team members ...
Fix-it clinic makes old stuff new again
The truth is that relatively simple repairs could extend the useful lives of many out-of-commission items, but most of us have no idea how to approach those repairs and don’t have the time to figure it out ...
Environment Day tomorrow: Resident speaks about fracking wastewater leak
Lobby trainings, speakers, hundreds of New Mexico grassroots activists highlight day of environmental advocacy at Roundhouse For immediate release: Jan. 27, 2020 Contact: Camilla Feibelman, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter director, 505-715-8388 Lobby trainings, speakers, hundreds of New Mexico grassroots activists highlight day of environmental advocacy at Roundhouse Penny Aucoin, who with her husband Dee and their animals was showered by fracking wastewater last week at their home outside Carlsbad after a WPX pipe burst, will speak at a noon ...
April geocaching with Inspiring Connections Outdoors cancelled
The outing of the New Mexico ICO program originally scheduled for Saturday, March 21, then postponed to Saturday, April 25, has been cancelled ...
Sierra Club endorses Teresa Leger Fernandez for U.S. House
The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club on Thursday announced that it has endorsed Teresa Leger Fernandez for the open U.S. House seat in New Mexico’s Third Congressional District. ...
PRC should choose 100% renewables and storage to replace San Juan coal
On Tuesday, several Public Regulation Commission members listened to comments from dozens of New Mexicans asking for a full transition away from dirty San Juan coal electricity to renewable energy. Tuesday’s PRC hearing addressed what resources should replace the San Juan coal-fired electricity that PNM plans to stop using in 2022. The commission has separated that case from the one regarding whether it will allow PNM to exit the coal plant and how the exit will be financed ...
