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Gov. Martinez on the labs and federal spending in New Mexico
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, in her state of the state speech today, highlighted the importance of New Mexico’s federally funded laboratories (Sandia and Los Alamos) to the state’s economy.... Read more »
Measuring Albuquerque’s water successes
As I’ve written before, Albuquerque has made significant progress in cutting its water usage and reducing reliance on the region’s dwindling aquifer. But there’s been a nagging question, which I... Read more »
Albuquerque’s water conservation success continues
Customers of the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Authority used 33.5 billion gallons of water in 2012, according to the Utility’s year-end report to the New Mexico Office of State Engineer.... Read more »
Albuquerque’s coldest dawn in two years, and more to come
Albuquerque’s official Weather Service low this morning of 8 Fahrenheit appears to be the coldest temperature the metro area has seen since Feb. 4, 2011, when it dropped to 7F. (The... Read more »
Kicking Tom D’Agostino on the way out the door
As Tom D’Agostino prepares to step down as head of the National Nuclear Security Administration, Diane Barnes at Global Security Newswire took a look this week at the many recent... Read more »
How much will the Texas-NM water litigation cost
With the announcement yesterday that Texas is bringing suit in the US Supreme Court against New Mexico over management of water on the lower Rio Grande, the question today turned... Read more »
Bechtel, Lockheed Martin and the new Y-12/Pantex contract: and then there was one
Back in 2005-06, there was a fierce bidding competition for the contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory between teams led by Lockheed Martin and Bechtel. The Bechtel-led team won.... Read more »
Updated: Texas sues New Mexico over Rio Grande
The state of Texas filed suit today against New Mexico, charging the state with failing to deliver water as required under the Rio Grande Compact. The suit is the latest... Read more »
Grim Rio Grande Forecast for 2013
It’s still early in the season, but the first Rio Grande runoff forecast of 2013 doesn’t look good. There’s still a lot of uncertainty at this point, depending on how... Read more »
Carlsbad oil and gas could see rising water rates
The folks in Carlsbad (NM) are considering an interesting move to try to conserve their municipal water supplies as oil and gas development covets more. From Brett Walton at Circle... Read more »
Next step in Kirtland cleanup near
Kirtland Air Force Base’s new “soil vapor extraction” unit should be up and running, sucking spilled jet fuel out of the ground, by Jan. 18, according to base spokeswoman Marie... Read more »
New Mexico due for an arctic blast
Forecasters have their eye on a classic “arctic express” that could be headed toward New Mexico beginning Saturday and extending well into next week. “It’s going to get cold,” Weather... Read more »
