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.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman told the Associated Press that he believes the U.S. Senate is unlikely to pass a cap and trade bill in 2010. Bingaman, New Mexico’s senior Senator, chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., said there’s no consensus on what form a cap-and-trade system would take, but strong desire exists in both the Senate and House to pass other energy-related bills that would curb pollution blamed for global warming.
With Democrats expected to lose Senate seats in the 2010 elections, along with widespread Republican opposition to the idea of a cap and trade system, passing a cap and trade bill would be all but impossible in 2011.
The U.S. House passed a version of cap and trade earlier in the year, with all three of the Representatives from New Mexico voting for the legislation.
