Wild & Scenic Film Festival - Silver City - Jan. 28

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FILMS TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD!
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival Returns to Silver City!

EVENT DETAILS:
Date and Time: January 28 - Kids Program Doors open at 1:30 show starts at 2:15. Main program doors open at 6:00 pm and show starts at 6:30 pm.

Location Address: Silco Theater, 311 N. Bullard, Silver City

Ticket Prices: Kid's program $5/family; Main program $8.00/person; $5 for GCC members, $15 for admission plus GCC membership. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Gila Conservation Coalition.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 26 January 2012 - 9:20am
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The Southern Group of the Rio Grande Chapter needs volunteers!

Southern Group leaders

The Southern Group needs volunteers! Do you have a few hours to spare every week? Would you like to help our Sierra Club Southern Group protect our own backyard? We need help manning our office space in the Downtown Mall. All you have to do is answer the phone, sometimes make calls for outreach and help make sure we have a presence that our members can find. You can decide when you come and how long you stay, it just needs to be regular. Be an active part of the Club and sign up today! Call Margot Wilson 575-744-5860

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 12 February 2011 - 10:36am
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Stay apprised of the Legislature and more

Roundhouse - by Dan Lorimier

By John Buchser, Chapter Chair

Radio has been my college course over the last year—with a quiz every Friday. Chris Diestler interviews me every Friday morning on local rock ’n’ roll station 101.5 FM.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 19 January 2012 - 2:00pm
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Hard-won victory on dairy discharge

By Dan Lorimier, Conservation coordinator, Southern and El Paso groups

After roughly two and a half years of effort, the Rio Grande Chapter has successfully helped protect New Mexico’s precious but highly threatened groundwater that 9 out of 10 of us rely on for drinking.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 15 January 2012 - 2:22pm
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Why N.M.’s carbon cap matters

Photo courtesy Youth Climate Action

The Sierra Club supports the existing carbon-cap law passed by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) in 2010.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 14 January 2012 - 2:13pm
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Protect the Pit Rule and Clean Water

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The Pit rule safeguards our water sources. Governor Martinez wants to allow polluting our water sources. Watch this short video and call her office (505-476-2200) to voice your opinion in favor of clean water.

See also Earth Works Action NM Pit Rule

Submitted by dvw on 5 January 2012 - 9:37pm
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New Mercury rulings effect on N.M.

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On Dec. 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the first-ever federal protections against toxic mercury from power plants. Mercury is a dangerous brain poison that poses a particular threat to prenatal babies and young children. Exposure in the bloodstreams of pregnant and nursing women can result in birth defects like learning disabilities, lowered IQ, deafness, blindness and cerebral palsy.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 29 December 2011 - 6:30pm
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Sierra Club, CCAE Testify to support NM Carbon Cap rule

Carbon Cap Protest

The Sierra Club and the Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy support maintaining the 2010 New Mexico EIB carbon cap rule.

Contact: David Van Winkle, Energy Chair, Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter (505) 820-1006, david@vw77.com

December 5 - David Van Winkle, Energy Chair for the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club, spoke on behalf of the Sierra Club and Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy before the Environmental Improvement Board on Monday. The board, appointed by Gov. Susana Martinez, is hearing testimony on a petition by PNM, New Mexico Petroleum Marketers and others to repeal a plan adopted (by different members) last year to cap greenhouse gases emitted by major sources in New Mexico.

Submitted by dvw on 29 December 2011 - 1:30pm
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New Mexico’s Children Have the Right to be Outdoors, Redux

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Last legislative session our leaders almost did the right thing. They very nearly passed a Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights, which would set the stage for connecting every New Mexico child with the outdoors. There was no real reason this bill didn’t pass, other than lack of time.

Why do we even need a Bill of Rights that gets our children moving outside?

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 29 December 2011 - 1:09pm
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Mexican wolves endure more losses

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By Mary Katherine Ray, Chapter Wildlife Chair

The most recent lethal removal of Mexican wolves occurred in mid-December with the blessing of wolf reintroduction project officials when a lone female consorted too closely with ranch dogs in Beaverhead, NM.

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 29 December 2011 - 12:55pm
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