"While world leaders wring their hands over forecasts of timid GDP growth, a growing list of visionaries around the world are collaborating to redefine economic objectives in a more meaningful and sustainable way. Former White House advisor Gus Speth has been at the forefront of new economic thought for decades. His prescription for change is [...]
Asha Davis, 9, a member of the student organization Global Warming Express, addresses the crowd Friday during the unveiling of a new solar array at Acequia Madre Elementary School. The project is part of an ongoing energy conservation initiative at Santa Fe Public Schools. Work is set to begin next month on two solar arrays, [...]
ENERGY STORAGE, STORAGE & SMART GRIDS, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT | BY: CHRISTIAN ROSELUND "Solar is not a main feature of the bill that passed the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, but the legislation does contain perks for solar, as well as measures to study grid modernization and energy storage. The bill would order studies for grid [...]
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"Billionaire businessmen Charles and David Koch are channeling money into an Arizona-based organization that’s fighting a plan that would include a permanent ban on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon. A proposal to declare the area around the Grand Canyon a national monument – Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument – calls for protecting 1.7m [...]
"The major New Mexico findings of Fracking by the Numbers: The Damage to Our Air, Water and Climate from a Decade of Dirty Drilling include: · During well completion alone, fracking wells released 125 million pounds of methane, a pollutant 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over the courseof 20 years. · Fracking wells [...]
"The worldwide reliance on burning fossil fuels to create energy could be phased out in a decade, according to an article published by a major energy think tank in the UK. Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex, believes that the next great energy revolution could take place [...]
"Obama Administration Releases Scientific Assessment on Impact of Climate Change to Human Health in the United States Today, delivering on another commitment in the President’s Climate Action Plan, the Obama Administration released a new final report called The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment, which significantly advances [...]
"On a cold, cloudy Monday morning about 50 people showed up outside the PERA Building — which houses the state Public Regulation Commission — to demonstrate against a 15.8 percent electrical rate hike requested by the New Mexico’s largest utility and continued heavy reliance on coal to generate power. Public Service Company of New Mexico [...]
By Johnny Vizcaino Published 04/08/16 12:01am | Updated 04/07/16 8:45pm "A petition urging state lawmakers to introduce additional clean energy legislation at the next state legislature found its way onto campus last week, and the Daily Lobo spoke with founder and head of the UNM Sustainability Studies program, Bruce Milne, about the future possibilities of [...]