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.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is backing nuclear power as part of a clean energy standard, according to Reuters. Bingaman chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, a key committee for energy legislation.
“If we can develop a workable clean energy standard that actually continues to provide an incentive for renewable energy projects to move forward, and provide an additional incentive for some of the other clean energy technologies, nuclear being one, I would like to see that happen,” Bingaman told reporters Monday.
Bingaman also mentioned his support for nuclear power as part of a clean energy standard in remarks at the New Democratic Network and National Energy Policy Institute on Monday.
“For a number of years I have advanced a proposal for a Renewable Electricity Standard, to ensure a long-term and predictable demand for renewable clean energy resources,” Bingaman said. “The President proposed to expand upon that concept by including a broader suite of technologies such as nuclear energy, coal with carbon capture and storage, and natural gas generation.”
Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., has been a proponent of a renewable energy standard as well. Udall has backed Bingaman’s efforts and even introduced his own renewable energy standard legislation as his first piece of legislation as a U.S. Senator in 2009.
In his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama called for 80 percent of energy created in America to come from clean sources by 2035.
