Science & Tech
Wild cat, wily rodent may get endangered species protection
If you came across a Canada lynx while taking out the trash one night, you would not mistake it for a stray cat. The Canada lynx is a ferocious-looking, wildly furry creature bigger than a bobcat, standing about two feet tall at the shoulder. It has been known to kill deer, but mostly it preys [...]
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Hantavirus takes the life of an Otero County woman
Hantavirus has taken the life of a 22-year-old Otero County woman. Meanwhile, a 36-year-old lawyer accused of killing a pedestrian in Santa Fe and then fleeing the scene initially told police he hadn’t been drinking.
In Albuquerque, a Sandia National Laboratories solar energy researcher is a finalist in Discover Magazine’s “The Future of Energy in 2 [...]
Albuquerque/Santa Fe residents are big texters
An interesting piece in the ABQJournal News blog (via the El Paso Times) pointed out a study that shows Albuquerque and Santa Fe residents are really prolific texters.
Or should i say “ppl who lv in ABQ n SF r rly prolific txtrs?”
The national average for adult cell-phone users who text-message is 48 percent, and the [...]
Eclipse files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
It has been clear for some time now that Eclipse Aviation is in trouble. Two weeks ago the light-jet manufacturer could not pay their employees.
Today Eclipse issued a statement saying the company would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Ruling against Utah power plant seen as a victory for opposition to Desert Rock
New Mexico Assistant Attorney General Seth Cohen says last week’s ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has to reconsider an air quality permit issued for an expansion of the Bonanza coal-fired power plant in Utah will have a similar impact on the air quality permit issued in July for the proposed Desert Rock power [...]
The other Nov. 4 decision: FCC frees TV ‘white space’
Nov. 4 marked the end of an epoch campaign in American politics, one for the ages in fact. Interestingly, there was another epoch campaign being waged in the world of commerce and media that was also decided on Nov. 4, without much attention paid by the general public. But to hear some speak, the ramifications of the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make “white space” publicly available are profound.
Wishing for the best, preparing for the worst, at Eclipse Aviation
An aviation industry market research firm has forecast doom for Eclipse Aviation in 2009, the New Mexico Business Weekly reported recently.
Over the years, the nascent company brought in a lot of intellectual capital to the Duke City, creating a few thousand well-paying industry-related jobs, but the company’s risky business model — that it could deliver [...]
White contributions may sting Albuquerque firm
TruTouch Technologies, an Albuquerque high-tech company on the front lines of battling drunken driving, could lose a substantial contract with Bernalillo County after two of its officers apparently failed to disclose campaign contributions to Republican congressional candidate Darren White. A state ethics law may have been violated.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES: The NRA targets N.M. and Obama
New Mexico is a target in the NRA’s national campaign to paint Barack Obama as a threat to gun owners. John McCain appears to be losing the battle for Hispanics, or it would seem that way in Española. The embattled PRC candidate Jerome Block Jr. is running into more headwinds, this time from the League of [...]
Nuclear power: a needle-sized sliver in the energy consumption haystack
What makes more sense: constructing 45 new nuclear power plants around the nation or encouraging construction of energy-efficient buildings instead?
The Santa Fe-based nonprofit Architecture 2030 says doing the latter not only makes more sense, but will save more energy than the nuclear plants could produce.
According to the firm’s founder, Edward Mazria, the road to energy [...]