Join us in protecting the public health, land, air, and water of the Rio Chama Watershed.
Call for Board Members
Would you like to make a meaningful and creative contribution to the Community of the Rio Chama Watershed?
We are inviting interested citizens to meet with us to discuss becoming a
Rio Arriba Concerned Citizen Board Member.
Please contact us at info@rioarribaconcernedcitizens.com or just come meet us at our next Board Meeting of 2019 at:
2pm on Friday, May 31 at the El Rito Public Library
Thank you!
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What will it take for those bent on "business as usual" to listen? Us. Speaking up. Loud and consistently - if not for ourselves, then for our children and grandchildren. The current politicians in D.C. have publicly stated they don't care about the future, because they won't be here (!). And some of NM state officials act as though they too are deaf to the realities of global warming. Unacceptable!
..."It had been thought that the permafrost - ground that remains frozen for at least two years - would remain until at least 2090. But the study found thawing levels were above 150 to 240% above historic levels."
1,000,000 Strong Against Offshore Drilling
'...not expected until 2090'
So what does this mean for the IPCC's '12 years left' thingy?
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/climate-change-breakdown-arctic-frost-thawing-canada-environment-a8959056.html
Just in from RACC Board of Directors - from New Energy Economy in Santa Fe. The NM Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has ordered utilities to justify utility ownership of replacement power - in advance of San Juan Generating Station abandonment.
..."The PRC’s Bench Request, which cannot be ignored, compels each Investor Owned Utility (IOU) to answer a series of 10 detailed questions about how they justify acquiring such utility-ownership restrictions which we argue are anti-competitive and violate the IOU’s responsibility to the public to provide the most cost effective energy resources among feasible alternatives."
Good news-with a slight disclaimer. This article speaks to April 2019 reporting that renewable energy capacity (emphasis upon capacity) has just surpassed coal nationwide. Great! However, it also speaks to the point that renewables and natural gas are both on the rise. Given natural gas is obtained by fracking, we cannot dance in the streets yet.
..."According to a press release by the non-profit SUN DAY Campaign, which analyzed the data, "that was enough to push renewable energy's share of total available installed U.S. generating capacity up to 21.56%. By comparison, coal's share dropped to 21.55% (down from 23.04% a year ago)."
The Press Release also stated: ..."FERC only reports data for utility-scale facilities (...edited...) and therefore its data does not reflect the capacity of distributed renewables, notably rooftop solar PV which - according to the EIA - accounts for approximately 30% of the nation's electrical generation by solar. That would suggest that solar capacity is now actually 4% - or more - of the nation's total and could increase by more than 20,000 MW by May 2022."
