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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

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…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

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…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

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.

Posts Tagged Endangered Species Act

Study of Desert Rock’s impact on endangered species due soon

By | 12.07.09 | 9:20 am

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department study, due next month, will show there are already significant threats posed to endangered species in the region by industrial and agricultural pollutants in the four corners region.

Lawsuits for lobos

By | 07.25.08 | 3:00 am

ALBUQUERQUE — Environmental groups say that under President Bush, federal agencies have caved to ranchers’ demands and failed to adequately protect endangered species—such as the Mexican gray wolf—as required by the Endangered Species Act.

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Survey shows support for Mexican gray wolf

By | 06.17.08 | 5:00 am

ALBUQUERQUE — A large majority of New Mexico voters support reintroducing the Mexican gray wolf, according to a statewide poll released Monday. Nearly three in four New Mexicans, or 70 percent of registered voters, said they…