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 City of Albuquerque is getting a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to turn methane gas from the Cerro Colorado landfill into energy that will power a glass recycling facility, Sen. Tom Udall announced Tuesday.
Some of the gas will be used to fire a new kiln at a glass recycling facility, and some will be used for heating and hot water boilers at the county jail.
The grant is part of the EPA’s Climate Showcase Communities initiative. Albuquerque is one of 25 U.S. communities receiving a total of $10 million for projects that will reduce greenhouse gases.
