• Global Warming Campaign. To page. Contact: Eva Thaddeus. State-wide efforts on climate change.
• Cool Capital Campaign. To page.
  Contact: Ken Hughes. Effort to get NM Legislature and Governor to fund energy efficiency.
• Cool Cities Campaign. To page.
  Contact: Eva Thaddeus. City efforts on climate change.
• Rail Runner Issue. To page. Contact: Ken Hughes

• Abo Canyon Campaign. To page. Contact: NONE. Should the plan of the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad to add a second track through the pass at the south end of the Manzano Mountains proceed in its present form?
• Building Bridges to the Outdoors Campaign
  To page. Contact: Michael Casaus.
• Chaco Canyon Campaign
  To page. Contact: Ken Hughes.
• Forest Travel Management Plan Issue
  To page. Contact: Norma McCallan.
• Galisteo Basin Drilling Campaign
  To page. Contact: Sig Silber
• Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Campaign
  To page. Contact: Mary Katherine Ray.
• Otero Mesa Campaign
  To page. Contact: Margot Wilson.
• Outdoor Classroom Initiative Campaign
  To page. Contact: Michael Casaus.
• Petroglyph National Monument Campaign
  To page. Contact: Richard Barish.
• Reform Trapping in New Mexico Campaign
  To page. Contact: Mary Katherine Ray. All you could possibly want to know. 
• Valle Vidal Campaign. To page.
  Contact: Norma McCallan .
• Valles Caldera Issue. To page. Contact: Ilse Bleck.

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• NM Legislation - 2008. To page. Contacts are John Buchser and our lobbyist, Dan Lorimier.
• NM Legislation - 2007. Results of regular session. To page.
• NM Legislation - 2006. Regular session results summary, 3/1/06.

 

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An issue is an environmental or conservation problem we are concerned about,  want to monitor and want to share information on. A campaign is an issue which we are actively trying to do something about.

The national Sierra Club groups these into three clusters with the following national priorities:

• Smart Energy Solutions (Priority 1)
• Safe & Healthy Communities (Priority 2)
• America's Wild Legacy (Priority 3)

The Rio Grande Chapter uses these categories to group our campaigns and issues.

To really stay current, join the chapter's activist email network by contacting Dan Lorimier.

• Agriculture/Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Issue  To page. Contact: John Buchser.
• ASARCO El Paso Smelter Campaign.
  To page. Contact: Laurence Gibson
• Desert Rock Power Plant Campaign.
  To page. Contact: Rob Thomson.
• Four Corners Power Plant Campaign
  To page. Contact: Rob Thomson.
• Land Use Planning Issues
  To page. Contact: Ken Hughes.
• PNM San Juan Power Plant Campaign
  To page.  Contact: Rob Thomson.
• Water Conservation Campaign. To page. Contact: Sigmund Silber

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This is a nation-wide Sierra Club program to organize members to become active participants in its campaigns. The Sierra Club has two national club staff members assigned to this in the Rio Grande area, Michael Casaus and Shrayas Jatkar.

The campaign on which this organizing is focused is Global Warming and Clean Energy, with the vehicle being Cool Cities. We are committed to the vibrant Cool Cities campaigns in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and helping the groups and the chapter achieve maximum success through these programs. The focus of our Cool Cities work is helping keep the city governments on task, providing community input and support on important issues, and making sure that important aspects of the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement are followed through and given real energy and budget consideration at the municipal level. See our Global Warming and Cool Cities pages

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