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.
One way to slow the emission of so-called greenhouse gasses like carbon dioxide, is to pump them back into the ground, believes New Mexico Tech Associate Professor Brian McPherson.
Just last week, New Mexico Tech was awarded a $400,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study how best to do that, identifying strategies for safely and economically sequestering carbon dioxide from oil and gas operations under the ground, the university has announced.
New Mexico Tech is one of a very few universities teaching carbon sequestration techniques, and the grant is one of only 15 carbon sequestration projects funded nationwide, for a total of $21 million.
The research project will focus on the utility of sand and mudstone formations for carbon storage.
McPherson helped found the underground (SWP) in 2003, with funding from the Department of Energy.
The partnership includes nine member states including New Mexico and Colorado, the Navajo Nation, universities, and electric utilities, and coal, oil and gas corporations.
