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.
Yesterday The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed its plans to replace an aging Los Alamos National Labs facility, which runs across a major fault line, with an estimated $4-6 billion plutonium lab. According to the NNSA notice, the new building “would provide vitally essential technical support capabilities to NNSA’s national security mission.”
“If we can develop a workable clean energy standard that actually continues to provide an incentive for renewable energy projects to move forward, and provide an additional incentive for some of the other clean energy technologies, nuclear being one, I would like to see that happen,” Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., told reporters Monday.
The nation’s governors and state school chiefs will propose standards Wednesday for what students should learn in English and math, from kindergarten through high school, a crucial step in President Obama’s campaign to raise academic standards across the…
According to The Hill, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., is not backing off his proposal to require that utilities provide 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by 2021. This comes after Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., released a…
The nuclear commission to which former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici was recently named is getting flak from the left and right, according to the Wall Street Journal.
John McCain and Barack Obama agree that global warming is man-made, and both want to find a way to reverse its course. That urge dovetails nicely with fixing the economy, and long-term job losses. One solution to job loss that both point to is the creation of new jobs from a large investment in alternative and renewable energy production here at home.
What makes more sense: constructing 45 new nuclear power plants around the nation or encouraging construction of energy-efficient buildings instead?
The Santa Fe-based nonprofit Architecture 2030 says doing the latter not only makes more sense, but will save…
