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Udall Fights Inadequate Funding/Unprecedented Poison Pill Riders In Interior/Environment Appropriations Bill

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Sen. Tom Udall, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, voted to oppose the inadequate funding and dangerous poison pill riders on the subcommittee’s Fiscal Year 2016 funding bill.
 
Despite opposition from Udall and all of the Democrats on the Appropriations Committee, the bill was approved and now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
 
“This bill is critically important for New Mexico, and that’s why I was so disappointed
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DOE Announces 18 New Projects To Accelerate Technologies For Efficient Residential Combined Heat And Power Generation And Bioenergy Crop Development

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DOE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $55 million in funding for 18 innovative projects as part of ARPA-E’s two newest programs: GENerators for Small Electrical and Thermal Systems (GENSETS) and Transportation Energy Resources from Renewable Agriculture (TERRA).
 
GENSETS projects are aimed at developing generator technologies that will improve efficiencies in residential Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation, and TERRA projects will accelerate energy crop development for the
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Udall Votes To Strengthen Justice System For Survivors Of Military Sexual Assault

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Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement after voting in favor of an amendment which would have placed authority for pursuing military sexual assault cases with military prosecutors, rather than unit commanders.

Udall is a cosponsor of the amendment and the underlying bill, introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act. The measure failed to gain the 60 votes required to move forward today, despite being supported by a bipartisan coalition of 50 senators.

“As Read More

IRS Offers Tips For Students With Summer Jobs

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IRS News:

PHOENIX – Students often get a job in the summer. If it’s your first job, it gives you a chance to learn about work and paying tax.
 
The tax you pay supports your home town, your state and our nation.
 
Here are some tips students should know about summer jobs and taxes:
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Scenes From San Miguel Chapel: Oldest U.S. Church

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The altar screen or reredos from the San Miguel Chapel at 401 Old Santa Fe Trail in Santa Fe, the oldest church in the U.S.A. Photo by Leah Austin

A cross that hangs on a wall in the San Miguel Chapel. Photo by Leah Austin

Staff Report

Few people question whether or not the San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is the oldest Church in the United States, but many do question just how old it is.

It is no easy task to sift historical fact from traditional belief. The earliest documentation we have of the existence of San Miguel Chapel is from 1628, so we know it was built sometime before then. Oral history holds that San Read More

VIDEO: Udall Warns Of Potentially Dangerous ‘Anti-Concussion’ Marketing Claims For Kids’ Soccer Headgear

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U.S. Sen. Tom Udall

U.S. SENATE News:

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/41S5e6kKILc

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wednesday, in response to questions from U.S. Senator Tom Udall during a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on product safety,

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Elliot Kaye agreed that his commission has reason to look into marketing claims that soccer headgear can provide adequate protection against concussions.

Udall, who has led the effort in Congress to protect youth athletes from the dangers of sports-related traumatic brain injuries by improving equipment and Read More

Firefighting Humanoid Robot Blasts Flames

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Robot suppressing a wood crib fire in a testing laboratory. Courtesy photo

Robot reaching for a fire hose nozzle in a testing laboratory. Courtesy photo

HSNW News:

In fall 2014 in Mobile Bay, Ala., Virginia Tech engineering students made history during a five-minute demo that placed an adult-sized humanoid robot with a hose in front of a live fire aboard a U.S. Navy ship.

The robot located the fire and sprayed water from the hose. Water blasted the flames.

The demo, four years in the making, is part of a new effort by the U.S. Navy to better assist sailors in fighting fires, controlling Read More

NASA Agreements Advance Mars Exploration, Los Alamos Rover Instrument A Key Component

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SuperCam builds upon the successful capabilities demonstrated by ChemCam aboard the Curiosity Rover during NASA’s current Mars Mission. SuperCam will allow researchers to sample rocks and other targets from a distance using a laser. In addition to harnessing Los-Alamos developed Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technology—which can determine the elemental composition of the target from more than 20 feet away—SuperCam adds another spectrum to its laser for Raman and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • SuperCam’s body to be built at Los
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IRS: Empowerment Zone Designations

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IRS News:
 
PHOENIX ― Monday, June 15, The Internal Revenue Service announced that all empowerment zone designations remained in effect through the end of 2014.
 
Empowerment Zones are certain urban and rural areas where employers and other taxpayers qualify for special tax incentives.
 
Monday’s announcement primarily affects businesses that would benefit from claiming the tax incentives for empowerment zones on their 2014 returns, either original or amended.
 
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VIDEO: Heinrich Presses DOE Environmental Secretary Nominee On WIPP Recovery, LANL Cleanup

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich. Screen Shot/LADP

Dr. Monica Regalbuto. Screen Shot/LADP

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to confirm Dr. Monica C. Regalbuto as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., focused his questions to the nominee on WIPP recovery and opportunities for local small businesses to participate in cleanup efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

VIDEO: Watch Senator Heinrich’s Exchange with Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Read More