I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The Las Cruces Connection is blogging the “airport of the future,” better known as Spaceport America. This blog has it all on what to expect for the breaking-ground events planned for today for the spaceport located in Doña Ana County. Also, you can watch the live webcast at 11:00 a.m. here.
Also coming to New Mexico beside space travel: massive droughts. After thirteen government science agencies have issued “the most definitive scientific assessment to date of the impacts of global warming,” the Local Dialogue blog writes all about the future of climate change here in New Mexico.
Among other environmnetal issues, Desert Rock Blog discusses the Unites States Environmental Protection Agency’s move to withdraw a very important air quality permit. This blog discusses federal jurisdiction, the future of Desert Rock, and how the blogger’s “tribal nation can be a leader in renewable energy technology.”
And the final blog takes up just what to do with Mother Earth. Blogger Peter St. Cyr writes on Sen. Jeff Bingaman’s support of opening the Gulf of Mexico for drilling. He hopes to “shift our country to cleaner sources of energy, and more secure sources, as well.” St. Cyr has all the details on the plan.
