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.
The state Environmental Improvement Board will hold hearings on a proposed state cap on greenhouse gas emissions Aug. 16, but the proposal already faces determined opposition from business leaders and Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry.
Opponents of a state emissions cap rallied Tuesday in Albuquerque, The Albuquerque Journal reports. The event was sponsored by the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce.
The EIB is considering a state carbon emissions cap proposed by the environmental group New Energy Economy, which aims to cut the state’s carbon emissions to pre-1990 levels by 2020.
“It represents a cost driver that is unique to New Mexico and, therefore, places our state at a disadvantage with other states that surround us,” Berry said at Tuesday’s rally, adding that a cap would ultimately hurt consumers. “I’m afraid (it) creates an incentive for affected industries to leave our state.”
The state Supreme Court ruled June 7 that the EIB could continue to consider an emissions cap, reversing an earlier Lovington District Court decision that had halted the Board’s consideration of New Energy Economy’s 2008 petition.
The state Environment Department has proposed a separate, regional cap-and-trade program. EIB hearings on that proposal will begin in September.
