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Water Utility to begin (sort of?) rate hike conversation Wednesday
If you live in Albuquerque, there’s a good chance you’ll face water rate increases in coming years. I wrote about this two weeks ago, and the issue comes up again... Read more »
No Rio Grande flow spike for the minnow
The US Army Corps of Engineers has decided against sending a big spring pulse down the Rio Grande this year because there simply isn’t enough water. When water has been... Read more »
Where’s the Augustin Plains Ranch water coming from?
In a news release Monday, the folks behind the Augustin Plains Ranch water pumping proposal made an intriguing new claim about their project. To refresh memory, these are the folks... Read more »
BioPark putting on a show
If you’re looking to get out on this lovely spring weekend, the botanic garden at the Albuquerque BioPark is putting on quite a show:
NM drought worsens
I know it just rained, but one storm doesn’t seem to amount to a hill of beans in this crazy drought we’re having. In today’s Drought Monitor, the federal team... Read more »
Around the tubes
Some links for a newly sunny Wednesday afternoon: one of the most remarkable historical moments I’ve ever encountered – the transcript of the phone conversation between J. Robert Oppenheimer and... Read more »
Los Alamos manager’s performance on plutonium project criticized
The contractor team that managers Los Alamos National Laboratory for the federal government did a poor job of managing the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility, a proposed plutonium... Read more »
State engineer denies application to pump groundwater from Datil to the Rio Grande
updated with a statement from Verhines: State Engineer Scott Verhines, New Mexico’s top water official, has turned down a proposal by a private company to pump groundwater from a basin... Read more »
Around the tubes
Some reading for a Friday: GOP’s claims about Obama puzzle environmentalists Intelligence report suggests water at the core of future global tensions Science journalist Charles Seife shows admirable restraint in... Read more »
Drilling and gas prices
As President Obama prepares to visit New Mexico to highlight rising oil and gas production in this country, Seth Borenstein and Jack Gillum at the AP have done an interesting... Read more »
Close the labs?
My colleague Win Quigley had a fascinating column this morning engaging in a though experiment: would New Mexico’s economy benefit if the federal government simply closed Sandia and Los Alamos?... Read more »
Around the tubes
Some reading for a windblown Sunday…. Kate Galbraith has an excellent piece in the New York Times (via the Texas Tribune) about groundwater pumping in Texas and “the rule of... Read more »
