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.
No new coal plants broke ground in 2009, the Sierra Club said in a statement last week. The group refers to “the coal rush” that it says began in 2001 when 150 proposed coal-fired plants were announced. Since then, 111 have been defeated or abandoned, 26 of them in 2009. And the Obama administration can take credit for the “remarkable year” in the fight for clean energy, the group stated.
Total coal use is down in 2009 according to the Energy Information Agency , as the Obama administration is considering new regulations for the safe disposal of coal ash, and limiting emissions of mercury, soot, smog and global warming pollution from coal plants.
“2009 has been a remarkable year in our fight for clean energy,” said Bruce Nilles, Director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign, in the statement. “Although there are still about 90 remaining proposals, the landscape has shifted 180-degrees. …”
The Sierra Club has put together a chart on proposed coal-fired power plants, which is interesting regardless of where you fall in the coal for energy debate. Clicking on the name of each project leads to a pop-up window that gives the status of each.
