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.
Although consumers, industry groups and governments are embracing renewable energy, the country isn’t yet delivering as much as it could because of a lack of transmission lines an other infrastructure needed to get the power from point A to point B.
As The Washington Independent reported Wednesday, utility companies are fighting over who’s going to pay for the poles and wires, and the federal government hasn’t so far been a very effective referee.
“While a broad energy bill authored by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) addressed some electric transmission issues, those provisions are not expected to come up for a vote in the Senate this year,” TWI’s Andrew Restuccia wrote. “
