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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Otero Mesa Economic Forum

Otero Mesa Grassland by Stephen Capra

6-9 pm, Saturday, September 18
Tays Special Events Center on the New Mexico State University campus in Alamogordo, NM.

The forum will explain the positive economic impacts on the region from having a National Monument.

Please attend this important informational meeting.

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6th Annual Gila River Festival

Gila River Festival

September 16-19

6th Annual Gila River Festival to Celebrate the Gila’s Web of Life Southwest’s Premier Nature Festival Scheduled for September 16 – 19, 2010

The sixth annual Gila River Festival – planned in and around Silver City, September 16-19, 2010 – will celebrate the role of the Gila River in supporting southwest New Mexico’s rich biological diversity. One of the Southwest’s premier nature festivals, the Gila River Festival attracts an audience of nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts eager to learn about and experience the Gila’s natural wonders. Festival attendees will enjoy a variety of expert-guided field trips in the Gila National Forest and along the Gila River, lectures with leading scientists on the Gila’s biodiversity, films, family activities, workshops and downtown art walk.

Submitted by dvw on 30 June 2010 - 8:31pm
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Monticello Box hike

Monticello Box

Saturday, September 18.
Monticello Box hike- Enjoy big cottonwoods, migrating birds, and stunning cliffs and bluffs in late summer glory. We will try our best to ignore the exploratory beryllium drilling that will be underway. Easy 4 mile RT. Dogs ok on leashes. Mary Katherine Ray (575-772-5655).

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Hike Blue Mountain

Saturday, September 25.
Hike Blue Mountain from Springtime Camp Ground. Steep long trail out of canyon but worth the effort. Margot Wilson (575-744-5860).

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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.

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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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Chapter Presses for Pollution Controls at San Juan Coal Plant

Coal - San Juan

August 4 - The Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club and 7 other advocacy groups have sent a letter to Governor Richardson and Secretary of NM Environmental Department (NMED) Ron Curry supporting NMED's Best Available Retrofit Technology (BART) for the San Juan Generating Station. This proposed plan would upgrade PNM's San Juan Generating Station with cost-effective controls for nitrogen oxide emissions and other pollutants and also lead to greater sulfur dioxide reductions, presents a tremendous opportunity to protect New Mexico’s enchanted landscapes, safeguard public health and welfare, promote economic prosperity, and keep New Mexico in control of its clean air legacy.

Submitted by dvw on 7 August 2010 - 8:58am
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Club Leads Effort to Regulate Coal Combustion Waste in NM

Coal Waste

Santa Fe – August 6 - Speaking through 13 of New Mexico’s most representative advocacy groups, New Mexicans are asking Governor Richardson to support strong, Federal regulation of Coal Combustion Waste (CCW). New Mexico ranks 10th in the nation for CCW production with an amazing 6.8 million tons dumped from coal fired electric power generation in San Juan and McKinley Counties annually.

Submitted by dvw on 6 August 2010 - 2:42pm
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