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.
According to The Hill, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is not backing off his proposal to require that utilities provide 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2021. This comes after Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., released a less stringent clean energy proposal that would include power generated by nuclear and low-emission coal power plants.
From The Hill:
“Sen. Bingaman has not changed his mind,” Bingaman spokesman Bill Wicker said in an e-mail. “While he has consistently supported nuclear power and clean coal technology, he realizes that these energy sources are not renewable.
“Committee staff has seen the draft clean energy standard that is making the rounds. That draft does not appear to be much different than similar proposals which both ENR and the full Senate failed to embrace in at least two previous Congresses,” Wicker added.
Graham is working with Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., to try to find an energy bill that could pass the Senate.
Bingaman is the chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, a key committee for any energy legislation.
