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.
“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.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman was cited as a reason against pulling funding for a federal-loan guarantee program according to a leaked memo from the Barack Obama administration. The Wall Street Journal reported that the memo warned against pulling the funding…
Although consumers, industry groups and governments are embracing renewable energy, the country isn’t yet delivering as much as it could because of a lack of transmission lines an other infrastructure needed to get the power from point A to point…
New Mexico’s gubernatorial candidates disagree over how often to test the state’s schoolchildren, the Associated Press reports.
The Santa Fe New Mexican profiles an Arizona high school graduate who is undocumented and recently came to New Mexico to…
The state Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has scaled down the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)’s proposed renewable energy procurement portfolio, which depended heavily on traditional photovoltaic solar electric facilities to meet state-mandated renewable energy requirements.
The…
New Mexico should shift its state fleet to high-efficiency vehicles, increase the number of tax credits available to clean energy companies and make a priority out of starting a green-job business incubator, according to a green jobs plan Lt. Gov.…
Rio Rancho city officials were buoyed Wednesday by the news that a startup green energy company could bring 1,500 new jobs by 2014. Meanwhile, 45 miles to the south, the city of Belen was feeling the disappointment of unfulfilled promise after hearing that a company that had proposed an $800 million solar plant isn’t coming after all. Belen’s loss was a grim reminder to New Mexicans that a healthy dose of skepticism is warranted until a proposed high-profile, economic development project is actually employing people.
The developers of the proposed Desert Rock coal-fired power plant in northwest New Mexico have switched tracks on another coal-fired plant they planned for southeastern Nevada, announcing this week they instead plan to build a natural gas plant at the Toquop site that includes a 50 to 100 megawatt photovoltaic solar plant.
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…
More than 10 tax credits, including some for film and green energy, could face some changes if a bill brought by Senator Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, passes. While the film credits are just a part of Senate bill 248, it…
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…
A 100-megawatt wind farm near Willard, N.M., could become the first beneficiary of New Mexico’s push into the world of renewable energy. A state authority on Wednesday took a first step toward issuing up to $85 million in bonds to help out the company that owns the wind farm.
Green power is taking a step forward. And Clovis, N.M., is at the center of the progress.
A flurry of stories over the past 24 hours, from national news organizations like Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, have…
North Korean diplomats in New Mexico to meet with Governor Bill Richardson will attend briefings on renewable energy at Santa Fe Community College this morning. The diplomats will hear from several renewable energy experts and business owners, according to a…
More than two dozen state lawmakers have stepped into a fray over whether churches, nonprofits and the such can help generate renewable energy, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports today.
New Mexico’s largest city has made quick work of legislation passed earlier this year to boost consumption of renewable energy — such as the installation of solar energy systems on both residential and commercial rooftops.
At just about every campaign appearance that Martin Heinrich did in 2008, he called for a massive push toward renewable energy sources. And as a member of Congress, he continues to do so.
The 2009 legislative session may be remembered by many as the one when the money stopped flowing and painful budget decisions had to be made. But advocates say this is actually the year when state government got on board the renewable energy bandwagon. Up till now, programs to boost solar energy installations were “woefully missing in New Mexico.”
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján is going to be a teacher for a day.
Luján will head over to Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., Thursday and visit an environmental science class. The class is taught by New Mexico…
The renewable energy sector is feeling the credit crunch, including some Albuquerque-area companies. Declining demand is a factor, but the biggest problem is lack of credit, according to Monique Hanis, spokeswoman for the Solar Energy Industries Association in…
