Will San Juan continue burning coal?
Since July, New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission has been questioning whether it should apply an energy law that would ease retirement costs for PNM’s San Juan coal plant, and now the commission’s staff is questioning whether PNM should be allowed to stop using the plant’s coal power at all. ...
White Sands to be NM’s second national park
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small hailed final passage of legislation to designate White Sands National Park in southern New Mexico. The provision was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which passed the Senate by a vote of 86 to 8 and was slated to be signed into law ...
Public blasts Air Force proposal on test flights over Gila
By John E. Wilks, Life member, activist A decision by the U.S. Air Force to permanently expand the airspace for F-16 flight training in Southern New Mexico is imminent. The Pentagon will choose one of four options in the draft environmental impact statement published in October, as New Mexicans have voiced vehement opposition to the option of sorties over Gila National Forest. Hundreds of people attended December public hearings held by the Air Force in Socorro, T or C, Silver City ...
Chaco appropriation passed into law
In December, Congress passed an appropriations package that bans new oil and gas leasing for a year within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park until an ethnographic study for the region is completed. The Navajo Nation and pueblos will have significant control over the study, so this is a great step in the right direction ...
Funding denial is key victory for Gila River
Gila River advocates received great holiday news Dec. 20 as the Department of Interior denied a deadline extension on the Gila River diversion, cutting off access to more than $50 million in construction funding for the project that would harm New Mexico’s last wild river and divert money from local communities with critical water supply needs ...
Sierra Club expert: Renewables are best option to replace San Juan coal
Renewables and battery storage have become cheaper than coal power, and according to a Sierra Club expert, they are now cheaper and a better option for New Mexico than gas, as well ...
Public Condemns Sale of Ancestral Tribal and Public Lands For Fracking
Tribal governments, as well as thousands of people and more than a dozen groups representing over five million members called on the Trump administration to cancel its plan to lease nearly 15,000 acres of ancestral tribal and federal public lands in New Mexico for fracking ...
Sierra Club & Root Beer – January 2020
Join the Central NM Group for Sierra Club and Root Beer on January 3rd to celebrate a new year and our New Mexico wilderness areas ...
First Saturday Arts – January 2020
One of our community efforts is to highlight the works of local artists in our First Week Arts series at our Albuquerque office. Please join us in welcoming Edna Casman for an opening reception on Saturday, January 4, 2-4 pm at the Sierra Club office in Albuquerque ...
Looking ahead to the legislative session
As we embark on the 30-day budget session at our State Legislature, we will again carry out grassroots lobby trainings throughout the state. These trainings will provide you with an overview of key bills that our environmental community will be pushing forward. Read more and register for the sessions ...
