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.
The Obama administration issued proposed rules Tuesday that impose the first nationwide limits on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The new rules require American cars and light truck fleet to meet a
The Las Cruces Connection is blogging the “airport of the future,” better known as Spaceport America. This blog has it all on what to expect for the breaking-ground events planned for today for the spaceport located in Doña Ana County. Also, you…
In a dramatic move yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is slated to be built in the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington. The action drew praise from critics of the plant and blistering commentary from its proponents.
New Mexico Attorney General Gary King just released a statement saying the Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn the “power plant permit” for the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant that would be located on the Navajo Nation in the…
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…
