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 a statement by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., 14 Senators had a “good discussion” with President Barack Obama on climate legislation that most Senate Democrats hope to pass in 2010.
“We had a very good discussion about the way forward on energy and climate change policy. The president reiterated his desire to work with Congress to enact legislation to deal with these important issues,” Bingaman said in a press release.
The meeting was to help try to move along a stalled energy bill according to the Associated Press.
“The president’s strong belief is that in order to transition ourselves away from our dependence on foreign oil and into a clean-energy economy, that we need a strong incentive to do that,” White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said according to the Associated Press.
Bingaman is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
