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 proposed federal tax on the oil and chemical industries would help New Mexico kick-start languishing clean-ups at some of its most dangerous toxic waste sites, according to the state Superfund Oversight Bureau’s program manager.
Colorado Governor Bill Ritter signed a new law yesterday that puts a cramp in plans to re-open the old Mt. Taylor uranium mine in northwestern New Mexico. The law requires uranium mills, which process the ore from uranium…
A controversial plan to open an old uranium mine on Mt. Taylor, near Grants is now facing a new obstacle. The Colorado state Legislature just passed a law requiring uranium mills to clean up existing contamination before accepting any new ore. If Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signs the bill, it will apply to the Colorado mill that is supposed to handle the ore from Mt. Taylor, and could put the mine project on hold.
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…
