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.
A resolution that would have barred the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases failed today in the U.S. Senate on a 53-47 vote. Six Democrats voted for the resolution that would have almost certainly forced a veto from President Barack Obama.
Before the vote, Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., urged that Senators defeat the resolution.
Today, America faces an energy crisis, and the Senate owes the American people solutions – but this resolution is an attempt to bury our heads in the sand and ignore reality,” Senator Udall said at a press conference. “The reality is that this resolution would be a step backward for climate science and clean energy.”
Udall was joined by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., former EPA administrator Russell Train and others at the press conference.
Evan Bayh, Ind., Blanche Lincoln, Ark., Mary Landrieu, La., Ben Nelson, Neb., Mark Pryor, Ark., and Jay Rockefeller W.Va. were the Democrats who voted along with the Republicans for the resolution. No Republican voted with the Democrats against the resolution.
