Conservation

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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Low Carbon Diet Team - Learn How to Live More Responsibly and Save Money too!

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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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New Mexico Climate Master Program - Fall 2010 Session

Climate Masters Poster

Learn how to reduce your Carbon footprint and volunteer to train others to do the same. The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is offering an 11 week course on Climate Change and Sustainability. The dates are from September 22 - December 8, 2010 and the class will be held in Albuquerque, NM.

Course participants are provided 30 hours of training, and in turn they "pay back" the program through volunteer service.

web site for general description of New Mexico Climate Masters

Submitted by Jeff Potter on 27 August 2010 - 10:00am
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Speak Out - Santa Fe National Forest's Travel Management Plan

Borrego - Bear Wallow

Santa Fe National Forest's Travel Management Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

What you can do to help:

  • Send comments on this draft EIS by Sept. 30
  • Write letters to the editor
  • Join the Sierra Club Forest Action Team

The Santa Fe National Forest has released its DEIS: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/travelmgt/index.html. Long but relatively easy to read

Submitted by dvw on 6 August 2010 - 7:50am
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Take Action to Support Strong EPA Controls on Coal Combustion Waste

Coal Waste

New Mexico suffers the polluting effects of Combustion Coal Waste (CCW) from coal fired electrical generation in San Juan County where the toxics bearing ‘fly ash’ has been dumped in unlined strip mines that formerly produced coal. Send an e-mail to the EPA demanding strong controls.

Submitted by dvw on 18 June 2010 - 2:45pm
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