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Home On The Range: From Ranches To Rockets Lecture

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General Electric employees posing on a V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground (now White Sands Missile Range) in New Mexico. Courtesy/WSMR

NMMSH News:

ALAMAGORDO — At the turn of the 20th century, most of the arid land east of Las Cruces was ranch land. Cattle, sheep, and goat ranches filled the Tularosa Basin, the Oscuro Range and the surrounding countryside.

Most of these ranches were small privately owned pieces of land supplemented by large parcels of federal and state property, which ranchers leased for grazing purposes.

These self-sufficient ranchers had maintained their homes for Read More

St. Job Of Pochaiv Waves Sign Of Solidarity For Ukraine

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A sign of hope and solidarity, the Ukrainian flag seen today at St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church, 1319 Trinity Dr., carries support from the local community to the freedom fighters in Europe. Photo by Gretchen Mills
The Ukrainian flag today at St. Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church at 1319 Trinity Dr. Photo by Gretchen Mills
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LANL: New Software Could Help Transform Budding Bioplastics Industry

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From left, Ghanshyam Pilania, Carl Iverson, Babetta Marone and Joseph Dumont of the BioManIAC project. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Single-use plastics, such as water bottles, grocery bags, food packaging and the like make up around 50 percent of the world’s estimated 380 million tons of global plastic waste each year.

While manufacturers are working to improve offerings in bioplastics, we are still decades away from truly competitive biodegradable solutions. High costs and time-consuming traditional research and development are required for new plastics.

But a new tool from Los Alamos Read More

Los Alamos Native On Mission To Help Embattled Ukraine

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Los Alamos native Tim Seay in the plane Tuesday on his way to Budapest, Hungary to organize the transport of water purification equipment to Ukraine. Courtesy photo

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos native Tim Seay is a man with a mission. He arrived Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary to organize the transport of water purification equipment to embattled Ukraine.

“I got tired of watching and not doing anything,” Seay said. “I have worked in water conditioning for years. I decided, hey this my opportunity to do something, so I dove right in. Kids are already Read More

LAFD’s Norma Jean Valdez Receives International Award

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From left, CFAI Commission Chair Steve Dirksen presents LAFD’s Norma Jean Valdez with the prestigious CPSE Award at a special ceremony Tuesday in Orlando, Fla., as LAFD Chief Troy Hughes who nominated Valdez looks on. Courtesy photo

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

The recipient of the 2022 Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) Ray Picard Award is Senior Management Analyst Norma Jean Valdez of the Los Alamos County Fire Department, a CFAI Accredited Agency.

Valdez is the one person in the entire world selected this year to receive this prestigious award.

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Unanimous Vote Of State Investment Council Today Removes All New Mexico Investments From Russia

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State Land Commissioner / NMSIC Vice Chair Stephanie Garcia Richard

STATE News:

SANTA FE – Today, the New Mexico State Investment Council (NMSIC) voted unanimously to divest any investments of the New Mexico’s Permanent Fund from Russia or Russian-owned subsidiaries. The NMSIC oversees the $36 billion Permanent Fund, one of the largest public investment funds in the country.

After receiving recommendations from the Council Investment Committee and State Land Commissioner, Stephanie Garcia Richard, who serves as Vice Chair of the NMSIC, staff developed language that ended all current Read More

AFRL: Equipping Space Force Operators Through Innovation

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Col. Stephen Landry, director of the Space Force Integration & Digital Transformation office, discusses the Space Force coders creation of innovative, cutting-edge software to enhance warfighter capabilities at the final day of the Delta Innovation Summit held in February at the NewSpace New Mexico’s Unite & Ignite Space LaunchPad, a co-innovation hub with AFRL, in Albuquerque, joining him are space operators Tech. Sgt. Robert Cameron and Capt. Scott Hubert. Courtesy/Allen Winston

Brig.-Gen. Kevin Whale, Deputy Commanding General of Transformation, Space Operations Read More

Heinrich: We Need To Act On Climate & Electrify For Peace

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), founder and Co-Chair of the Electrification Caucus, participated in a virtual press conference Wednesday hosted by Rewiring America to discuss addressing Russia’s unjustified war in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s global energy price hike by accelerating our transition to clean energy, passing climate investments, and securing true American energy independence.

During his remarks, Heinrich said that “Banning the import of Russian oil and gas, which fuels Putin’s unjustified war atrocities in Ukraine, was the Read More

Earthday.org Releases Slate Of Educational And Entertaining Quizzes For Classroom, At-Home And Community Learning

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EARTHDAY News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — EARTHDAY.ORG has released a slate of educational and entertaining quizzes to be incorporated into classroom, at-home, or community learning.

As an overall extension of the Earth Day 2022 theme, Invest In Our Planet, quiz topics include: sustainability terms, clean energy, sustainable fashion, regenerative agriculture, upcycled foods, environmental literacy, plastic pollution, biodiversity and more.

Aimed to inform, inspire, and motivate, EARTHDAY.ORG’s quizzes are the perfect entry-point to greater environmental education and climate action. Read More

New Mexico Securities Division Issues Statement On Cyber Risk And Investment Threats Related To Conflict In Ukraine

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NMRLD News:

SANTA FE — The Securities Division, of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department Wednesday issued the following statement related to the conflict in Ukraine:

During this time of troubling international conflict, the Securities Division cautioned investors and securities firms to be vigilant of increased threats from cyber-attacks and potential investment scams.

“Difficult times can bring out the best in people, but as regulators we know from experience that there are bad actors looking to exploit crises to perpetrate scams on unsuspecting investors,” Superintendent Read More