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FBI: Santa Fe Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trafficking Suboxone

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 13, 2015

FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — James Barela, 41, of Santa Fe was sentenced today in federal court in Albuquerque to a year and a day in prison followed by three years of supervised release for participating in a conspiracy to distribute Buprenorphine, more commonly known as “Suboxone,” in violation of the federal narcotics laws.

Barela was arrested March 12, 2015, on an indictment charging him and co-defendant Edward Owens, 21, also of Santa Fe, with conspiracy and possession of Suboxone with intent to distribute.

According to the indictment, Barela and Owens committed

Energy Secretary Releases Report On America’s Regional Vulnerabilities To Climate Change

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 13, 2015

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz

DOE News:

LOS ANGELES ― While visiting California, a state plagued by persistent drought and dangerous wildfires, U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz released an Energy Department report that examines the expected regional energy sector vulnerabilities to climate change.

The report divides the United States into nine regions, finding that the severe challenges from climate change across America will require a more comprehensive and accelerated national, regional and community approach to keep the U.S. energy system

Udall Hosts Events At LANL And Sandia With Lead Senate Appropriations Democrat Barbara Mikulski

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 13, 2015

SENATE News:

Tuesday, Oct. 13 and Wednesday, Oct. 14, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall will host Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) in Los Alamos and Albuquerque to discuss the important role New Mexico’s national laboratories play in national security, energy and the state’s economy.

Udall, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has fought for strong funding for important programs at New Mexico’s national labs.

He invited Mikulski to tour both labs and to

Even When It’s Out Of Commission, Everybody Wants A Piece Of WIPP

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 12, 2015

Beatrice Brailsford, left, of the Snake River Alliance and Tom Clements, right, of Savannah River Site Watch teamed up last week for nuclear waste site visits with their New Mexico counterpart, Don Hancock, director of the Nuclear Waste Safety program at the Southwest Research and Information Center in Albuquerque. Photo by Roger Snodgrass/ladailypost.com

By ROGER SNODGRASS

Los Alamos Daily Post

Twenty months after a truck fire and a Valentine’s Day radiation release almost half a mile underground, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico is still out of business

Barney Trujillo Announces Bid For House Dist. 40

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 12, 2015

More than 150 guest attend SUnday’s launch of the Barney Trujillo for House Dst. 40 campaign at the Santa Claran. Courtesy photo

POLITICAL News:

Barney Trujillo

Española – With more than 150 guests in attendance Sunday at the Santa Claran, Rio Arriba County Commissioner Barney Trujillo formally announced his bid for New Mexico’s House Dist. 40 (Rio Arriba, Colfax, Mora, & San Miguel).

Trujillo is the chairman of the Regional Coalition of LANL Communities.

Special guests at Sunday’s event include Sen. Richard Martinez, Rio Arriba Commissioner Alex Naranjo, Read More

Happy Columbus Day, Discovery Day, Dia De La Raza…

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 12, 2015

First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World; painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862). Courtesy/wikipedia

Staff Report

Today is Columbus Day and some organizations are open and others closed around the local area.

Los Alamos County is open except for the Eco Station; LANL is closed, Los Alamos Public Schools is closed, Santa Fe National Forest Offices are closed and the NCRTD blue bus company is closed.

Many countries in the New World and elsewhere officially celebrate as a holiday the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas, which happened Oct. 12, 1492. Read More

Secretary Jewell Joins New Mexico Community Leaders To Welcome Valles Caldera To National Park Service

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 11, 2015

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses the crowd gathered Saturday at the Valles Caldera for the hand-over to the National Park Service. Photo by Felicia Orth

Sen. Martin Heinrich stands next to the arrowhead plaque unveiled at the end of the speeches Saturday at the Valles Caldera. Photo by Felicia Orth

INTERIOR DEPARTMENT News:

Area underscores importance of Land and Water Conservation Fund to preserve nation’s natural, cultural and outdoor recreation heritage

SANTA FE – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell joined state, tribal and local leaders Saturday to celebrate Read More

Energy Department Invests More Than $20 Million To Advance Fuel Cell Technologies

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 11, 2015

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy David Danielson

DOE News:

The Energy Department announced Thursday a new report that shows the fuel cell industry is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate, totaling more than $2.2 billion in sales in 2014.

In order to further expand on this emerging market, the Department also announced the investment of more than $20 million in 10 projects to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, and enable early adoption of fuel cell applications such as light-duty fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

These projects will Read More

Mother Teresa’s Volunteer Receives Caring Award

Submitted by Chris Clark on October 11, 2015

Noah Levinson. Photo by Miranda Parro/Reformer

SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Tom Daschle, co-chairs of the Caring Institute, have announced the 2015 Caring Award honorees.

The Caring Institute was founded in 1985 by Val J. Halamandaris after a meeting with Mother Teresa, who told him there was a poverty of the spirit in the developed world that was much worse than the poverty of the body seen in the developing world.

When she directed him to do something about it, he founded an awards program that identifies those who give back to society

Nobel Peace Prize: Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on October 10, 2015

The members of the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Courtesy/EPA/HO

Nobel Prize News:

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2015 to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.

The Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 when the democratization process was in danger of collapsing as a result of political assassinations and widespread social unrest. It established an alternative, peaceful Read More

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