Protect New Mexico's Headwaters

Pecos Falls

Help the state protect our most pristine water. Have you walked along a forested mountain stream, fished a remote stretch of trout water or jumped in a mountain lake in New Mexico? We need you to be in Santa Fe any day from September 14 to 17 to call for these headwater protections.
The state of New Mexico will ask the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) in the second week of September to protect our state's headwaters as 'Outstanding Water'.

RSVP to speak at the WQCC meetings Sept 14-17

Send an e-mail to the Water Quality Control Commission

Submitted by dvw on 9 September 2010 - 9:01pm
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Help Stop Air Pollution in New Mexico

Coal Waste

Even in the wake of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf, Helena Chemical Company wants to cancel the Air Quality Permit for their Mesquite, New Mexico facility.

In other words, a polluting chemical company in New Mexico wants to regulate themselves. Outraged? So am I!

Tell the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board to protect our air and make sure that Helena Chemical Company is required to operate with an Air Quality Permit for their Mesquite facility.

Submitted by dvw on 29 August 2010 - 10:59am
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Tour of the Cejita Blanca Badlands

Penistaja Badlands 1

Saturday, September 11
Easy/Moderate tour of Cejita Blanca Badlands near Cuba.

Explore a "new" badlands replete with colorful rock formations, amusing hoodoos, gigantic iron concretions eroding from the soil, and an impressive grove of large grandfather junipers. All off trail, some steep areas. See why we think that this area should be protected. Several high-clearance vehicles needed; driving via Bernalillo. Call Norma McCallan 471-0005 or Tom Petencin 505-271-9928 (ABQ) or tompeten@msn.com).

Submitted by dvw on 10 July 2010 - 5:21pm
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Clean up Rio Grande Corrider at Buckman

Diablo Canyon

1:30-5:00 pm, Sunday, September 12
Rio Grande River at Buckman

Help honor and protect the beauty of the Rio Grande by participating in a clean-up day at the Rio Grande Corridor at Buckman! The Buckman Road area is a valuable resource to the citizens of the city and county of Santa Fe. It is uniquely important as one of the few public access points to the Rio Grande, which is in turn the living connection with the natural, and cultural history of New Mexico.

Submitted by dvw on 7 July 2010 - 10:37am
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Northern New Mexico - Fall Member Event

Borrego - Bear Wallow

5:30pm-7:30pm, Friday September 17.
The Commons, 2300 West Alameda, Santa Fe

Join our annual fall member party. Food and drink are provided. Chat with your friends. Meet new people. Hear about the club's successes. Maybe some of our local political leaders will stop by for a chat.

Submitted by dvw on 18 June 2010 - 8:46am
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Santa Fe River Clean Up

Santa Fe River - JB

9am-11am Saturday September 18

Meet at Closson Street Footbridge. Wear long pants and bring work gloves and water. Contact Paige Grant paigeanna@comcast.net or 982-4081.

Submitted by dvw on 15 June 2010 - 7:33am
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Low Carbon Diet Team - Learn How to Live More Responsibly and Save Money too!

REI logo

6:30-8:30pm, September 22
Albuquerque REI - 1550 Mercantile Ave NE

Would you like to save money at home? The Sierra Club's ABQ Cool Cities Campaign is launching a new program to do just that. It's called the "Low Carbon Diet" program, which will help individuals and families cut their energy usage at home, saving them money and helping solve global climate change.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 4 June 2010 - 11:23am
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San Juan Badlands Basin Tours

San Juan Badlands 5

A series of hikes is begin offered in October and November 2010 to increase awareness about the San Juan Basin Badlands and the need to protect these special lands. Please contact Mike Richie at mrichie@comcast.net to sign up for these hikes.

Submitted by dvw on 8 September 2010 - 9:04pm
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PRC Sets Direction for PNM Renewable Energy Plan

Solar PV installation

August 31 - The New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission (PRC) released its Final Order in the PNM Renewable Plan case. In summary, the PRC directive approved 46 MW of Solar electric power to be installed in the next three years.

Submitted by dvw on 31 August 2010 - 10:06pm
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Solar Energy A Safe, Smart Investment

Solar PV - by DVW

By Rebecca Sobel
Executive director, Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy (CCAE)

August 30 - Every hour, the sun radiates more energy onto earth than the entire human population uses in one year. That's a lot of solar potential. In New Mexico, we're lucky to have bragging rights to world-class solar resources, ranking second in the nation after Arizona, with potential to provide 1,000 times more energy than Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) current demand.

Submitted by dvw on 30 August 2010 - 11:42am
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