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.
Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says that the death of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden can open the door for climate change legislation in Congress. Richardson made the statements at a Climate Leadership Gala hosted by the Earth Day Network in Washington, according to Politico.
Despite initial hopes in the green movement that the spill would spur a move away from the country’s reliance on oil, the disaster has had the opposite effect. An expansion of offshore drilling was supposed to be one of the key compromises that would bring oil-state Democrats and moderate Republicans on board with a climate bill. Now, with the country’s appetite for offshore rigs vastly diminished, the compromise has collapsed.
Gov. Bill Richardson will give the keynote address at the National Climate Adaptation Summit, hosted by the White House, his office announced today.
Richardson served as the Secretary of Energy under Bill Clinton from 1998 until 2001. The governor will leave…
New Mexico’s Eastern Plains could see a second Dust Bowl caused by climate change, USA Today reported Friday. Oklahoma state climatologist Gary McManus is warning that changing precipitation patterns caused by climate change could be “catastrophic” for northeastern New…
With health care reform wrapping up — the House will most likely finish the effort tonight– the question becomes what will Congress tackle next. Two popular choices among Congress watchers are financial reform and climate legislation. Senator Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.,…
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is going after Congressman Harry Teague for his vote on the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act which narrowly passed the House late last week. The NRCC is airing radio ads and…
U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer praised three fellow Democrats — including U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich — for their work on the major climate change bill passed on Friday.
In a close vote, the U.S. House passed a climate bill 219-212 on Friday. More than forty Democrats voted against the bill, a handful of which voted against it saying the bill was not strong enough. Eight Republicans voted…
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman has been a senator since 1983. In 1982, he defeated the Republican incumbent, Harrison Schmidt, and has won every election since then.
So far 2009 has been extraordinarily warm and dry — even for our mostly desert state.
John Fleck reported in the Albuquerque Journal that through two months, this is the driest year Albuquerque has ever had. While a trace…
