List/Grid Author Archives: John Fleck / Journal Staff Writer
Albuquerque sets record
Correction: Albuquerque’s high Friday, March 15, tied the record of 77 set in 2007. Albuquerque’s semi-official high of 77 at the National Weather Service’s airport thermometer this afternoon fell... Read more »
Let’s celebrate clean water
As New Mexico wrestles with water quantity problems (drought), let’s take a time out to celebrate water quality. Today’s the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Snow, a British... Read more »
Drought watch: meanwhile, further south on the Rio Grande
While we wrestle at the Texas-New Mexico-Chihuaha border about how much water New Mexico is delivering down the Rio Grande to our neighbors to the south, our neighbors to the... Read more »
Drought watch, Lower Rio Grande edition: a tough year for the pecan and chile farmers
Phil King, the New Mexico State University professor who advises the Elephant Butte Irrigation District, didn’t sugar coat things for the EBID board yesterday morning (Wed. 3/13/2013). “Still, frankly, pretty... Read more »
Flirting with a record high Friday in Albuquerque
As the forecast currently stands, tomorrow’s high temperature has the chance to set a record in Albuquerque, according to Chris Luckett at the National Weather Service. The current record at... Read more »
One view on the Hanford-WIPP proposal
WIPP, a smart Washington wag likes to say, “is the only drain in the bathtub.” Located in southeastern New Mexico, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is the only operating deep... Read more »
The Rio Grande: “a forlorn-looking river”
“That’s a forlorn-looking river, isn’t it,” Phil King told me as we walked out on Mesilla Dam this afternoon, looking down at the bed of sand where the Rio Grande... Read more »
State water bills down to trickle
New Mexico's water problem is simple. We're using more than we've got. ...
N.M. asks court to kill Texas suit
New Mexicans are meeting their legal obligation to deliver Rio Grande water to downstream users, and ...
New Mexico asks Supreme Court to throw out Texas water lawsuit
New Mexicans are meeting their legal obligation to deliver Rio Grande water to downstream users, and the US Supreme Court should throw out a lawsuit filed by Texas in January,... Read more »
Gallup survey shows US support for nuclear arms reductions
A new Gallup poll out today shows support in the United States for reductions in US and Russian nuclear weapons: Americans, by 56% to 38%, support a reduction in U.S.... Read more »
