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.
Senators on Tuesday tried to get answers from industry executives about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Hearings are being held in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
“At the heart of this disaster are three interrelated systems – a technological system of materials and equipment, a human system of persons who operated the technological system and a regulatory system,” Bingaman said in the opening statements of his hearing. “These interrelated systems failed in a way that many had said was virtually impossible.”
“The industry must change its de-regulatory and self-regulatory attitude,” Udall said during the hearing. “Regulations impose modest costs, but these highly profitable companies can easily afford them. Compared to an oil spill, regulation is a bargain.”
