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.
A package of green jobs bills before the Legislature could be key to how New Mexico uses federal stimulus money. The final federal package provides potentially $1.15 billion for green jobs training, in a larger $113.5 billion package to stimulate a clean energy economy.
A front page story in today’s New York Times’ business section looked at what the paper called a “moving target” — the renewable energy standards in various states, including New Mexico. The paper wrote that the Land of Enchantment…
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.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez and 1st Congressional District candidate Martin Heinrich gathered at Sacred Power in Albuquerque to praise the passage of renewable energy tax incentives.
Bingaman told the New Mexico Independent the incentives “will help…
Need a little escapism from the intense political season, not to mention the economic situation scaring us all half to death?
If you’re like me, you can zone out on the EPA’s fascinating interactive mapping project in Google Earth…
