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State mining proposal is license to pollute

Coal Waste

By Mona Blaber
Chapter communications coordinator

In 2009, the New Mexico Legislature amended the Water Quality Act to require that the Water Quality Control Commission adopt specific rules for the copper-mining industry.

The stated purpose of the Copper Rule is to provide the industry with requirements for preventing groundwater and surface-water pollution.


100 Days of Climate Action events in New Mexico

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On January 14, 2013, the Sierra Club launched a new campaign urging President Obama and the agencies he leads to take bold administrative action for clean energy and to fight climate disruption. In the months leading up to Earth Day, April 22, 2013, the Sierra Club will mobilize for 100 Days of Action, with rallies, Town Hall meetings, and other actions across the nation, demanding action to boost clean energy and slow the costly and destructive effects of climate disruption.


Trap Free New Mexico

Trap Free Zia Poster

We need your help to show the faces that support a trap-free New Mexico. Be part of our video montage by downloading and printing the trap-free poster (or make your own) and fill in the blank with words that describe YOU! Then take your picture holding the sign and email it back to Mary Katherine Ray at mkrscrim@kitcarson.net.

Let your voices be heard- and your faces- be seen! In the spirit of the season, gather the kids, the dogs the horses and everyone and create your trap-free NM identity today! The printable poster is attached and can be downloaded.

Watch this video to see that New Mexicans from many walks of life oppose trapping on public lands.

See even more New Mexicans from many walks of life opposing trapping on public lands.


Kids change the world - These Santa Fe young people are making a difference - Teaching the president about climate change

Photo courtesy Genevieve Russell

By Mona Blaber
Chapter communications coordinator

Marina Weber has been writing letters to President Obama since she was 6 years old.
Marina’s main concern was about animals suffering and dying as a result of climate change.

Marina, now 10, spoke at the March 1 Renewable Energy Day at the New Mexico Legislature, sponsored by Sierra Club and Got Sol, about why she decided to do more to take action on the climate crisis.


Rio Grande del Norte designated a new National Monument: Diverse coalition came together to protect truly special New Mexico place

Rio Grande Gorge - copyright Jeff Potter

By Eliza Kretzmann
New Mexico Wild America coordinator

Washington, DC — On March 25, President Obama designated the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Located in Northern New Mexico near Taos, the monument area is about 242,000 acres and is home to vast mesas and an abundance of wildlife and recreation opportunities.


Member Story: Self-sufficiency

Jeff & Deborah Potter

(Rio Grande Chapter members have submitted testimonials about saving money and wasting less through energy efficiency and clean energy. We’ll be publishing some of these stories throughout the next several issues of The Sierran.)

I’ve been in New Mexico nearly all of my 57 years, and in 1992 my wife and I bought a modest 1,950-square-foot house on half an acre in Albuquerque’s far north valley.
We knew it would be a great place to grow old in, with enough land and good soil for a garden. We grow as many vegetables as possible and built a greenhouse to extend our growing season.


Reduce, reuse, revolutionize

Trash

By Jessie Emerson, Northern Group Recycling Chair

According to the World Resources Institute (2000), global energy consumption and manufacturing activity over the next 50 years may rise to three times current levels.


BREAKING - UPDATED - Albuquerque City Council upholds EPC denial for proposed Walmart @ Coors & Montano

photo courtesy of Dan Shaw

BREAKING - March 4, 2013 - By a 7-0* vote City Council accepted the Land-use Hearing Officer's recommendation that City Council deny (in full) Walmart-Silver Leaf's appeal of the 5-2 EPC decision against the project.
*Two recusals (Councilors Garduno and Meyer)

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October 19, 2012 - Recent good news regarding the proposed Walmart at the corner of Coors and Montano. Most of you already know that Silver Leaf, the property owners, appealed the October 18th Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) decision to deny the Walmart proposal. The appeal was heard by the Land Use Hearing Officer (LUHO) on December 21, 2012. This week the Hearing Officer made his recommendation to the City Council. He concluded that the EPC's decision is supported by the record and should be upheld, and Silver Leaf's appeal be denied.

It will now go before City Council to be heard at the end of February or March. City Council will either accept or reject LUHO's recommendation. If they reject LUHO's recommendation, then the Council will hold a full hearing on the Walmart appeal. There were many reasons why the EPC voted to deny the Walmart project; one being that it did not meet the access requirements of the LRF ordinance.

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Original story (October 2012)


Get your non-trapping license today!

Non-trapping license

The Trap Free NM coalition of which we are a part is offering these wonderful, wallet-sized, laminated non-trapping licenses. Your purchase of $20 is all it costs to help us build support for ending brutal and indiscriminate trapping on New Mexico public lands. That is the same price as an actual trapping license issued by NM Game and Fish which allows the unlimited slaughter-for-profit of our wildlife. Purchase of this license supports living wildlife and recreation in wild places unhindered by traps.

Buy your New Mexico Non-Trapping License Now!


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