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.
A $130 million, 22-megawatt solar plant is going to be built in New Mexico, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports. Congressman Harry Teague announced the plant, to be built by BP Solar and EnergyNovo, at the Re-Energize New Mexico conference where U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu spoke.
“It’s clean power, it doesn’t use water, and it will create good jobs for New Mexico,” Teague said, according to the Sun-News. “We’re bringing companies from outside New Mexico to partner with local companies to take advantage of our resources.”
While there is no formal agreement in place, both BP Solar and EnergyNovo hope to provide power to Spaceport America, a private spaceport which broke ground this summer. The plant also hopes to provide “residential entities” with power.
