Chris Clark

Luján Participates In Gold King Mine Spill Hearing

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District participated in a hearing in the Housr Natural Resources Committee on the Department of Interior’s report on the Gold King Mine spill. 
 
Luján highlighted the importance of ensuring that all those who were impacted by the spill are made whole and the need to take steps to improve the notification process in case of future disasters.
 
“One of the other failures that took place was after the spill took place. There was no notification to downstream
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Co+op Continues Popular Sunday Omelet Brunch

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Los Alamos Co+op managers, staff, board members and National Co+operative Grocers consultants gathered Monday night for a staff development meeting. Courtesy photo
 
 
CO+OP News:
 
The Los Alamos Co+op Market staff, managers, board members and National Co+operative Grocers (NCG) consultants gathered Monday night for a staff development meeting.
 
NCG presented their analysis and work plan for the Co+op. NCG, an organization of 148 coops nationwide, selected the Los Alamos Co+op from more than 40 cooperatives with declining
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Letter To The Editor: Science Fair Project Help Needed

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Sixth Grade Student
Los Alamos Public Schools
 
I am a sixth grade student in Los Alamos Public Schools. I am working on my science fair project.
 
The question for my project is, “How prepared is Los Alamos County for emergencies?” The information collected will only be used for this project.
 
If you choose to participate, you will be asked about the four criteria from ready.gov:
  • Be Informed;
  • Make a plan;
  • Build a kit; and
  • Get involved.

 

I encourage all Los Alamos families to be ready for emergencies. This survey should help you as well as me, to find where
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Annual Luminaria Walk And Buffet Dec. 16

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COMMUNITY News:

Join the Los Alamos Retirement Community for its Annual Luminaria Walk and Buffet 5:30-7:30 p.m., Dec. 16, at Sombrillo Nursing-Rehabilitation Facility and Aspen Ridge Assisted Living.
 
This year’s event celebrates 31 years of caring and service for the local community and Northern New Mexico. Dinner for this free event will be prepared by Chef Carlos Aragon and Chef Richard Gallegos and served at Sombrillo Nursing Home at 1011 Sombrillo Court with dessert served at Aspen Ridge, 1010 Sombrillo Court. 
 

Meet new Sombrillo Executive

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Secretary Moniz Announces San Francisco As Site Of Seventh Clean Energy Ministerial

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
 
DOE News:
 
PARIS – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that the United States will host the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) in San Francisco, California in June 2016.
 
The announcement was made at an event in Paris during the COP21 UN Climate Negotiations.
 
The annual meeting of energy ministers and other high-level delegates from the 23 CEM member countries and the European Commission, taking place June 1-2, will provide an opportunity for the major economies
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Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Tours At Ghost Ranch

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GHOST RANCH News:
 
ABIQUIU ― For the first time since they began in 2006, Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Tours are scheduled to run at Ghost Ranch through the winter months this season, on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, weather permitting.
 
Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center in Abiquiu began offering the Georgia O’Keeffe Landscape Tour in response to public demand. Participants board the motorbus for the tour and travel two miles down a private road and see more than 20 actual sites of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings, interwoven with stories of the artist’s
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Winter Farmers Market In December And January

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LAFM News:
 
The Farmers Market will take place on multiple days during December and January.
 
Winter Holiday Markets ― 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Dec. 17 ― Fuller Lodge
 
Honey, honey sticks, apples, apple cider, jams, jellies, weaving’s, gourds, pumpkins, decorations, certified organic seeds, chile pods, goat milk soaps, tomatoes, cucumbers, lavender body products, gift baskets, cheeses, goat cheese spreads, cow cheeses, butter, palines, 2016
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SFI: Mutualism – What Do We Know… Dec. 14

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Judie Bronstein, University of Arizona
 
SFI News:
 
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) seminar, “Mutualism: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here?” is 12:15 p.m., Monday Dec. 14, at Collins Conference Room in Santa Fe.
 
Abstract: In this talk, I review the checkered history of the study of mutualism, a field that has only coalesced in the past 20 years.
 
I will identify six major research directions, then present our own recent work on hawkmoth-plant relationships to show how they can be integrated to move our understanding forward.
 
I conclude by discussing
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