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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.

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EPA pulls the plug on Desert Rock coal-fired power plant

By | 04.28.09 | 1:11 am

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.