SlingShot Documentary Premiere & Discussion Aug. 7-13
Seventeen New Mexico Women Of STEM Honored
New Mexico Women of STEM honorees from left, Diana E. Northup, Ph. D., UNM; Cristina Montoya, M.S., Sandia; Mia Kalish, Ph.D., NMSU; Nina Lanza, Ph.D., LANL; Phyllis Baca, M.S., SFCC; Rebecca Galves, M.S., NMSU; Turtle Haste, M.S., APS; Teri Roberts, B.S.; LANL; Mary Jemin, B.S., Expanding Your Horizons Conferences; Jill Wick, M.S., NMDGF; Lorie Liebrock, Ph.D., NM Tech; Jeri Timlin, Ph.D., Sandia; Janeen Anderson, B.S., Acaji; and Heather Yazzie-Kinlacheeny, B.A., Navajo Technical University. Also honored, but not in attendance, Patty Lopez, Ph.D., Intel; Diane Oyen, Ph.D., LANL; Read More
Veterans Business Expo & Job Fair Albuquerque Aug. 27
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Secretary Moniz Statement On Release Of Final Clean Power Plan Rules
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
DOE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued their final Clean Power Plan rule that will encourage energy innovation by reducing the carbon emissions from America’s power plants.
Below is the statement from Secretary Moniz:
“Before President Barack Obama took office, America did not have a comprehensive national plan to avert the worst impacts of climate change. Seven years later, we are cutting carbon emissions from our cars, our trucks, Read More
County Contracts With Boutique Air For Albq. Flights
Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 is a single engine, turboprop, pressurized aircraft configured with either eight or nine passenger seats. Courtesy/Boutique Air
An interior view of Boutique Air’s Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Courtesy/Boutique Air
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted 4-3 to approve a services agreement with Boutique Air, Inc., headquartered in Sacramento, to provide scheduled air service between Los Alamos County Airport and Albuquerque Airport.
Councilor Vice Chair David Izraelevitz and councilors Susan O’Leary and Pete Sheehey voted against Read More
Council OKs San Juan Generating Station Agreement
PNM San Juan Generating Station. Courtesy/wikipedia
Staff Report
Los Alamos County Council voted Tuesday evening to approve San Juan Generating Station Restructuring Agreements in order to allow four partners to exit the plant.
Councilors Pete Sheehey and Susan O’Leary expressed support for the motion but Sheehey offered an alternate motion adding language to further move that Council request the Board of Public Utilities and staff to prepare a phased plan by which this generating capacity can be economically replaced with renewable carbon-minimized energy when these agreements Read More
Trio Take On Mount Whitney To Raise Funds For Vets
LANL scientist Pawel Listwan
VETERANS News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A New Mexico trio including Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Pawel Listwan and Albuquerque attorneys Matt Vance and Paul Haidle will take part in the 2015 Feat for Justice, where they complete a 72-mile trek, with 30,000 feet of elevation change in 72 hours.
The program will raise money to provide free legal help to New Mexico veterans through the New Mexico Legal Aid’s Veterans Justice Project and the State Bar of New Mexico’s Veterans Civil Legal Clinic.
Mt. Whitney. Courtesy NPS
“Our veterans have sacrificed a lot for Read More
Sierra Club: New Mexicans Applaud First-Ever Plan To Curb Carbon Pollution
SIERRA CLUB News:
ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico faith leaders along with clean air and clean energy advocates today applaud President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for finalizing the first-ever national protections from dangerous carbon pollution from existing power plants.
These new standards, which are part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, will advance the growth of clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency in New Mexico and across the country while reducing dangerous carbon pollution from existing power plants. The new protections will also help reduce Read More
New Mexico GOP Releases Statement On RNC’s New Data Center Program
GOP News:
ALBUQUERQUE –– The Republican National Committee is rolling out a new innovative data platform for State Republican Parties and candidates to use across the country.
The Republican Party of New Mexico released the following statement on the new program:
“In partnership with the RNC, Data Center 2016 is crucial to The Republican Party of New Mexico’s data-driven political ground game. With the user-friendly interface, revamped reporting tools, and live support, we can provide Republican campaigns across New Mexico with a comprehensive voter file,” RPNM Executive Read More
Griggs: Dateline New Orleans
David H. Griggs standing on the levee at the French Quarter Festival, with a freighter sailing past on the Mississippi. Courtesy photo
A Month In New Orleans
I sat on the levee and watched the broad Mississippi River flow past. I munched on a succulent crawfish pie, and nursed a refreshing WWOZ Mango Freeze.
Behind me on the Accura Stage, Allen Toussaint entertained the French Quarter Festival with such old favorites as Southern Nights, Summertime, Mother-in-Law, Fortune Teller, and A Certain Girl. The deck of the ocean-going freighter towered Read More
