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.
While scientists agree that the potential impacts of climate change will be widespread—and in the already arid southwestern United States, severe—Congress has yet to pass climate change legislation. The move for federal cap and trade legislation—which would cap emissions but allow flexibility in compliance— is on its death bed, felled by the poor economy and vehement industry opposition, among other factors. As states grapple with how to move forward, in New Mexico, gubernatorial candidates on both side of the aisle agree that climate change regulation is not a state’s prerogative.
As it promised months ago, The Sierra Club on Thursday filed suit against the San Juan Coal Company and PNM, which operates the San Juan Power Generating Station, alleging that the dumping of ash and sludge from the power generating station…
The Sierra Club alleges that the San Juan Coal Company has improperly dumped more than 40 million tons of coal ash waste and sludge into unlined pits, resulting in the contamination of waterways and wells near the mine.
New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission ruled yesterday that companies that place renewable energy installations on the property of a customer and then sell the energy from the installation to the customer shouldn’t be regulated as public utilities.
Public Service…
On a day when PNM personnel worked hard to repair the damage from a snow storm that crossed through northern New Mexico, the company announced that CEO Jeff Sterba will retire in March. Sterba will continue to work as…
PNM Resources has joined a group that is designed to aid passage of a climate bill through Congress. This comes after PNM dropped out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of the Chamber’s anti-climate change legislation stance.
There’s lots of coverage of today’s Albuquerque municipal election floating around on the Internet. Here are some of the other things that are going on today on the blogosphere.
• Capital Report New Mexico has an interesting piece about…
The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is dropping its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the business group’s stance on climate change. Earlier this week, PNM criticized the Chamber of Commerce, saying, “We believe the…
The electricity provider for about 400,000 people in New Mexico, Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, issued a statement yesterday urging support for the American Clean Energy and Security Act, which will be taken up by the…
Democracy for New Mexico covers healthcare reform, a huge topic blowing up the media world recently. Read all about the “trigger” provision within the public option “compromise” proposals and why it must be avoided.
The Santa Fe New Mexican’s Steve Terrell compares Gov. Bill Richardson to Santa Claus. Terrell examines the guv’s moves in office through the lens of sliding “down the proverbial chimney” in regard to education. Terrell also covers Obama’s visit…
New Mexico’s largest utility company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, has completed a major environmental upgrade of its San Juan Generating Station coal-fired power plant, the company announced in a statement today.
Residents of Albuquerque’s Southeast Heights want the rest of us, and particularly the media, to stop calling their neighborhood “the War Zone.” Revitalization efforts have long made that moniker a misnomer. Albuquerque City Councilor Rey Garduño and state Sen.…
Remember the RFP issued back in June by PNM, El Paso Electric, Southwest Public Service and Tri-State Generation and Transmission regarding a solar power plant they want to build? The electricity generated from the plant would help the companies meet the requirements of New Mexico’s Renewable Portfolio Standards.
