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Governor Announcing Plans To Bring High-Speed Internet To Every Classroom

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 15, 2015

Gov. Susana Martinez

STATE News:

BERNALILLO — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez will announce plans to bring high-speed Internet access to every school in New Mexico.

Currently, more than 30 percent of New Mexico’s schools do not have access to high-speed Internet.

Details of the Governor’s plan will be revealed later today. Read More

W80-4: Sandia California Works On Nuclear Weapon Life Extension Program

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 15, 2015

The W80-4 mechanical team at Sandia National Laboratories reviews the results of thermal analysis. From the top center, counterclockwise, are Ryan Johnson, Bryn Miyahara, Alvin Leung and Matt H. Jones. Photo by Randy Wong

SANDIA LABS News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Sandia National Laboratories is doing what it hasn’t done in decades: extending the life of a nuclear warhead at the same time the U.S. Air Force develops a replacement cruise missile that will carry the weapon.

The goal of the W80-4 Life Extension Program (LEP) is refurbishing the W80 warhead with replacement components for aging technology Read More

Luján Signs Discharge Petition To Force Vote On Job-Creating Export-Import Bank

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 15, 2015

U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján

CONGRESSIONAL News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District joined in an effort to force a vote on the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.

Luján signed a discharge petition that would require an up or down vote on legislation to reauthorize the bank once a majority of the House, 218 members, sign on to the petition.

The bank’s charter expired at the end of June after House Republican leaders refused to allow a vote on reauthorization. After 80 years of supporting U.S. jobs by financing

Udall Highlights Push To Expand Tech Transfer At DOE Labs, Build NM’s Economy

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 14, 2015

U.S. Senator Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

Udall seeks input from roundtable on tech transfer legislation

ALBUQUERQUE – Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall hosted U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) and DOE Acting Director of the Office of Technology Transitions Jetta Wong at Sandia National Laboratories for a roundtable discussion about improving technology transfer and creating jobs.

Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) officials joined several local businesses that were created based on technology developed at the labs to discuss Read More

Air Force Heeds Heinrich’s Call To Address RPA Personnel Shortfalls

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 14, 2015

SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the Air Force’s announcement Oct. 8, to expand the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) mission at Holloman Air Force Base.

The expansion will increase the rate of student production from 603 pilots and sensor operator students in fiscal year 2015 up to an estimated 818 students in fiscal year 2016.

“Our RPA community has been at a breaking point. Our airmen have had to fly countless missions with too few pilots,” Heinrich

Oak Ridge 3 Peace Protesters Headline Awards Ceremony On Capitol Hill

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 14, 2015

NFFAF News:

TAKOMA PARK, Md., ― Peace protesters Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed are among those to be honored at this year’s Nuclear-Free Future Awards in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Nuclear-Free Future Award Foundation (NFFAF).

The Nuclear-Free Future Awards are given annually to individuals who, through courage, integrity and conviction, have acted to rid the world of uranium mining, nuclear power and nuclear weapons.

This year’s Nuclear-Free Future Award ceremony is Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Rayburn House

UNM-LA Pauses To Remember Umpqua Community College

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 13, 2015

UNM-LA students, faculty and staff paused for a moment of silence last Thursday to remember their friends and colleagues at Umpqua Community College in Roesburg, Ore. This was part of a national effort among community colleges across the country to recognize those lives forever changed by the tragedy there. Courtesy/UNM-LA Read More

Trustees Reach $4 Million Settlement With Chevron Molycorp To Restore Natural Resources Near Questa

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 13, 2015

NMED Ryan Flynn

NMED News:

ALBUQUERQUE ― Natural Resource Trustees and Chevron Molycorp Inc. reached a $4 million settlement to restore natural resources injured as a result of releases of hazardous substances from the Chevron Molycorp mine facility in Questa.

The Trustees will use the money to implement restoration projects that benefit natural resources through the implementation of restoration projects that have yet to be specifically selected.

Such projects would be implemented in the area of the mine facility and include projects that compensate

Waters Of The U.S. Rule Blocked Nationwide

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 13, 2015

NMED News:

The Oct. 9 Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling applying a nationwide stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s and Army Corps of Engineer’s Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule affirms the success already achieved by the New Mexico Environment Department, Office of the State Engineer, and 12 other Rocky Mountain coalition states in halting the implementation of the WOTUS rule, while the rule’s serious deficiencies are litigated.

The federal appeals court in Ohio ruled that delaying implementation of the WOTUS rule nationwide, while litigation proceeds, would not threaten Read More

DOE Invests Over $34 Million To Improve Protection Of Nation’s Energy Infrastructure

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 13, 2015

DOE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. ― As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to protecting America’s energy critical infrastructure, the Energy Department (DOE) announced more than $34 million for two projects that will improve the protection of the U.S. electric grid and oil and natural gas infrastructure from cyber threats.

The University of Arkansas and the University of Illinois will assemble teams with expertise in power systems engineering and the computer science of cybersecurity to develop new technologies that will help protect energy delivery systems

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