Newscity: Governor Opposes Waste Storage, Aclu Protests Private Border Wall, Ranchers Fight Transmission Line Governor Opposes Waste Storage A plan to store nuclear waste in an interim facility in New Mexico has met resistance from Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.The Associated Press [...] Joshua Lee \ Jun 13, 2019 Read More
Letters: It’s Columbus Day, Not Columbus Gay It’s Columbus Day, Not Columbus Gay I was in middle school in 1963. I had a friend who was openly gay. A very dangerous thing back then. But he [...] Alibi \ Jun 13, 2019 Read More
Odds & Ends Odds & Ends A memorial bench dedicated to rapper Eazy-E has been unveiled in the small British town of Newhaven, East Sussex, despite there being no [...] Joshua Lee \ Jun 06, 2019 Read More
Newscity: Settlement Reached With Byd, Nmsp Presence Scaled Back, Nm Child Care Eligibility Limited Settlement Reached With Byd A controversial lawsuit between the city of Albuquerque and electric bus company BYD over the Albuquerque Rapid Transit project was settled last week.BYD [...] Joshua Lee \ Jun 06, 2019 Read More
Vaccinate Now! New Mexico At Risk Earlier this year, the New Mexico Department of Health confirmed the state’s first case of measles in nearly five years.At the end of [...] Matthew Reichbach via NM Political Report \ Jun 06, 2019 Read More (State of New Mexico)
On Assignment: Renewables Make Inroads While Dinosaurs Dig In Renewables Make Inroads While Dinosaurs Dig In The City of Albuquerque is preparing to make the great leap forward—away from fossil fuels forever—unless the backlash to Mayor Keller’s successful progressive [...] August March \ Jun 06, 2019 Read More Methane Flare, Navajo Nation (John Fowler via Grand Canyon Trust)
Pride: History, Resources And More History, Resources And More This weekend, Albuquerque will roll out the rainbow crosswalk in time for a parade and other festivities to celebrate our gay, lesbian, bisexual, [...] Carolyn Carlson \ Jun 06, 2019 Read More A scene from Albuquerque Pride 2018 (visitalbuquerque.org)
On Assignment: Where To Now, Sandia? Key To The Future Or Path To Apocalypse? The big news on the local economic front this past week came from Sandia National Laboratories, the laboratory that fairly looms on the [...] August March \ May 30, 2019 Read More Sandia National Labs (Lsg.org)
Council Watch: The Council Approves Mayor’s Budget Survives, Mostly Intact Have you been asking yourself how the more than $1 billion dollars described in Mayor Keller’s budget will be spent by the City [...] Carolyn Carlson \ May 30, 2019 Read More Councilors Peña, Sanchez and Harris (Eric Williams Photography)
Let’s Get Polluted: Methane Emissions Are Concerning Methane Emissions Are Concerning There is a lot of methane in these parts.The global warming phenomenon is helped along by the emission of this hydrocarbon gas because [...] August March \ May 30, 2019 Read More (United States Energy Association)
