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.
New Mexico’s two candidates for governor clashed Wednesday on global climate change and its causes.
The back-and-forth began when Politico quoted Republican Susana Martinez in a story saying that she had “doubts about the role human activity plays in global warming.”
“I’m not sure the science completely supports that,” she told the website.
That prompted the campaign of Democrat Diane Denish, Martinez’s rival for governor, to send out a news release lambasting Martinez.
“With each passing day, we are learning more and more about Susana Martinez and her true colors,” the news release quoted Denish spokesman Chris Cervini as saying. “Whether it is draining money from public schools through a voucher plan, using border security money to hand out fat bonuses to her top aides, or denying that global warming is human caused, New Mexicans are learning that Susana Martinez is just a typical Republican politician who doesn’t get it.
The Martinez campaign responded by highlighting Martinez’ opposition to cap and trade legislation — or cap and tax legislation – as the Martinez campaign calls it. That’s something Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration has pushed. Martinez said that the proposal would serve “as a tax increase on small businesses and will result in lost jobs,” according to the Martinez response.
Martinez is quoted further as saying:
“While there is disagreement in the science community concerning the causes of global warming, there is little disagreement concerning our responsibility to take care of the environment while creating jobs in New Mexico. Politcians engaging in an ideological debate over the causes of global warming does nothing to protect the environment, or create jobs. As governor, I will support balanced and evidenced-based environmental protections.”
