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.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., thinks that the series of heavy snow storms that have hit the central Atlantic Coast, including Washington D.C., will make passing a climate bill tougher this year, The Hill reports.
“It makes it more challenging for folks not taking time to review the scientific arguments,” Bingaman said.
Senate Democrats had hoped to pass a climate bill this year.
The snow has forced the closure of the federal government in Washington D.C. for four days now.
Think Progress, a part of the liberal Center for American Progress, takes Bingaman to task for this quote. Think Progress writes that the intense blizzards may actually be a sign of the effects of global warming.
Despite all the snow in February, Washington D.C. had a warmer than average January, according to the NOAA.
