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.
Imagine that carbon permits are World Series tickets. If the government gives all tickets to Exxon for free, with no strings attached, will Exxon let people into the stadium for free, or sell tickets for what the market will bear and pocket the money?
The economic crisis may be the big story today, but particulates formed from power plant emissions are responsible for nearly 24,000 premature deaths annually, more people than are killed by drunk drivers each year. And in New Mexico, 26 rivers and lakes currently have fish consumption advisories as a result of mercury emissions from coal plants.
