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. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and two other Senators introduced a bill designed to “achieve American oil independence” by 2030. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, a majority of the oil consumed in the United States comes from foreign sources.
The other Senators who introduced the bill with Udall are Sens. Tom Carper, D-Dela., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
In order to become independent of foreign oil, the legislation aims to cut oil consumption nationwide by more than 8 billion barrels per day by 2030.
“Our dangerous dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic, environmental and national security. I am proud to join with Senators Merkley and Carper to introduce legislation that would help turn this global threat into a national opportunity,” Udall said in a press release announcing the legislation. “With our bill, we will take control of our energy future from special interests and foreign powers through the development of clean energy resources, by increasing energy efficiency, and by creating the jobs of the future here in the United States.”
The Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act includes provisions “to ramp up production and use of electric vehicles, increase travel options and improve infrastructure, develop alternative transportation fuels and reduce the use of oil to heat buildings” according to the release.
Udall, in the press conference announcing the introduction of the legislation, mentioned work by Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque that is working with automakers like General Motors “to develop next generation engine technology that will burn 50 percent for efficiently.”
Udall said that “this is a bill that OPEC doesn’t like but the United States Senate should like.”
