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.
American Cement officials and the Greater Gardner Neighborhood Association met Tuesday night to create a community advisory panel (CAP) to foster communication between the company and neighbors of its cement transfer facility in Albuquerque’s North Valley. The group is to be the first of three in New Mexico and at least five nationwide, company officials said. Some residents expressed optimism that they will now directly engage the company, rather than relying on the City of Albuquerque Air Quality Division to address their community’s needs.
American Cement and the Greater Gardner Neighborhood Association in Albuquerque are holding a Community Advisory Panel meeting Tuesday to discuss air pollution at the cement transfer facility on Edith, facility operations, lab analysis data regarding cement dust and…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on pollution from cement manufacturing plants, announcing new rules this week intended to curb mercury and particulate pollution nationwide. Cement kilns are a leading source of mercury emissions in the U.S., according…
