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GRIP 20th Anniversary Newsletter: Looking Back on 20 Years of Advocacy
Read or download the 20th Anniversary Issue of Get A GRIP Looking Back on 20 Years of Advocacy Sally Smith, GRIP President As I think about GRIP’s accomplishments over the past two decades, my thoughts keep returning to Margaret Mead’s sage advice to “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change […]

Fall 2016 GetAGRIP Now On Line!
The Fall 2016 issue of GRIP’s newsletter, GetAGRIP, is now available for download. If you are a GRIP member, you should have already received your hard copy in the mail. Please contact our office at 575.538.8078 or grip@gilaresources.info if you did not receive it. In this issue: WE ARE STANDING ROCK • FREEPORT FINANCIAL SOUNDNESS […]

Press Release: Freeport-McMoRan Financial Assurance Proposal Puts New Mexico at Risk
For Immediate Release October 14, 2016 Contact: Allyson Siwik, Executive Director, Gila Resources Information Project 575.590.7619 cell Freeport-McMoRan Financial Assurance Proposal Puts New Mexico at Risk GRIP calls for phase out of $104 Million Third Party Guarantee The Gila Resources Information Project submitted public comments on Wednesday to the Mining and Minerals Division and NM Environment […]
GRIP Community Meeting on Mining Issues – October 20th, 6pm Bayard Community Center
For Immediate Release October 13, 2016 Contacts: A.J. Sandoval, Program Associate, Gila Resources Information Project, 575.538.8078 Allyson Siwik, Executive Director, Gila Resources Information Project, 575.590.7619 Gila Resources Information Project to Hold Community Meeting on Mining Issues October 20th 6:00 pm at Bayard Community Center The Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) will hold a community […]

New Mexico High Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Copper Rule Appeal
For Immediate Release September 19, 2016 NEW MEXICO HIGH COURT TO CONSIDER WATER SACRIFICE ZONES “As communities throughout the state are confronted by the critical impacts of long-term drought, it is irresponsible to allow mining companies to pollute groundwater that is needed by everyone,” says Allyson Siwik, GRIP Executive Director. SANTA FE, […]

Summer 2016 GetAGRIP – Now Available On Line!
The latest issue of GRIP’s newsletter, GetAGRIP, is now available for download. If you are a GRIP member expect your copy in your mailbox soon. In this issue: Freeport-McMoRan fails financial soundness test NM Attorney General determines NM CAP Entity violated Open Meetings Act in Gila diversion discussions Back to square one: NM CAP Entity […]

Water Quality Advocates File Brief with NM Supreme Court to Repeal Copper Rule and Protect Groundwater
October 22, 2015 On Monday, advocates for water quality filed their Brief in Chief with the New Mexico Supreme Court on the state’s Copper Rule. The brief outlines why the Court should set aside the Rule, which regulates the discharge of copper mining pollution into groundwater. The state Court of Appeals upheld the regulation in May, even […]

Summer 2015 Issue of GetAGRIP Now Available On-line
Download the latest issue of GetAGRIP and find out more about the Little Rock Mine expansion, Freeport-McMoRan’s financial situation, Tyrone mine layoffs and the status on the Copper Rule. You’ll also get a preview of the 11th Annual Gila River Festival and the latest on the Arizona Water Settlements Act, Boston Hill […]
Nuclear New Mexico – Public Forum August 20; 6pm
PUBLIC FORUM: Nuclear New Mexico Past & Future 70 Years, 1945-2015 Thursday. August 20, 2015; 6:00 pm Miller Library, WNMU As Moderated by Nick Seibel, Publisher, Silver City Daily Press Panelists: Elizabeth Driggers, U.S. Senator Tom Udall’s District Office Dara Parker, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s District Office David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Washington, DC […]

NM Legislature hears HB625 to Roll Back NM Mining Act
Conservation Voters New Mexico * Earthworks Gila Resources Information Project * New Mexico Environmental Law Center PRESS RELEASE: March 6th, 2015 CONTACT: Allyson Siwik, Gila Resources Information Project, 575.590.7619 Lilliana Castillo, Conservation Voters New Mexico, 505.992.8683 Alan Septoff, Earthworks, 202-271-2355 New Mexico legislature debates legalizing mines that pollute for thousands of years, shifting billions […]