Political

For information on Sierra Club endorsements for the New Mexico Legislature, please read this story.

For information about the Rio Grande Chapter endorsement for U.S. House of Representative, New Mexico Congressional District 1, open this story.

Read this story to learn about the Sierra Club endorsement for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District Seat.

For information on the Sierra Club's endorsement for the U.S. House of Representatives, New Mexico Congressional district 3, click here.

Information about the Sierra Club's endorsement for the PRC, District 5 is in this story.

Check out the Rio Grande Chapter endorsement for New Mexico Land Commissioner.

August 5 - U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today announced that a bill he introduced with Senator Tom Udall to transfer management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service has cleared its first hurdle. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed it.

The Chapter has been strongly supporting the effort by Caldera Action to transfer management of the Valles Caldera from the Valles Caldera Trust to the National Park Service, which has the experience and resources to better manage the Preserve. We are delighted to announce that on May 27, Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall introduced legislation to transfer the management of the Valles Caldera National Preserve to the National Park Service.

President Barack Obama
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar
U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
U.S. Senator Tom Udall
U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (Dist. 1)
U.S. Representative Harry Teague (Dist. 2)
U.S. Representative Ben R. Luján (Dist. 3)

The Rio Grande Chapter has gained a significant legislative victory with the passage of SB200 Energy Efficient Public Building Standards sponsored by Senator Carlos Cisneros. Governor Bill Richardson signed this bill into law on March 9.

All three candidates that the Sierra Club endorsed in the Santa Fe Municipal elections of March 2, 2010 were re-elected. Congratulations to Mayor David Coss, Mayor Pro Tem/Councilor of District 2 Rebecca Wurzburger, and Councilor of District 1 Chris Calvert.