N.M. Science
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Briefings tomorrow for former Sandia Labs workers to learn about radiation compensation program
The Department of Labor will have a team in Albuquerque tomorrow (Tues. 11/1) to explain a program that compensates nuclear workers for health problems. The team will include specialists to... Read more »
NNSA Raises Nuclear Security Questions with Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory has repeatedly missed deadlines to fix nuclear safety problems, according to two September letters to the lab from federal managers. The letters suggest no immediate nuclear... Read more »
New York Times editorializes against Los Alamos project
In a lengthy editorial today (Sat. 10/29), the New York Times argued for killing the Los Alamos National Laboratory Chemistry and Metallurgy Replacement Nuclear Facility as one of a number... Read more »
A lovely Thursday at the Bosque del Apache
We’re still short of peak season at the Bosque del Apache, but the New Mexico wildlife refuge’s famous “flight deck” is already a popular spot at sunset. Journal photographer Marla... Read more »
Graph of the week: Albuquerque’s continuing construction slide
A story in today’s paper reports a year-over-year drop of 2,700 construction jobs in the Albuquerque metro area: The Albuquerque metro area was among the hardest-hit cities in the continued... Read more »
Conservancy District votes to join state lawsuit over lower Rio Grande water distribution
The board of the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District voted Monday to join a lawsuit by the New Mexico attorney general’s office against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation over distribution... Read more »
White House pushing for nuke funding
As the “super committee” hunts for ways to cut the federal budget, the White House wants to protect its proposed nuclear weapons budget hikes. Jacob Lew, head of the Office... Read more »
New approach to federal management of Sandia Labs begins this fiscal year
The federal government and Sandia National Laboratories are launching a new contractor management approach in the 2011-12 fiscal year. The idea is to not micromanage, to, in the words of... Read more »
The economics of the Bosque del Apache
I took a “scouting trip” down to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge this weekend in preparation for a piece I’m working on for the Journal’s Go page previewing the... Read more »
John Stomp withdraws from State Engineer candidacy
John Stomp, widely believed to be a leading candidate for New Mexico’s top state water management job, told me this evening (Wed. 10/19) he has taken his name out of... Read more »
Albuquerque drought advisory continues, board rejects call for tougher measures
The board of Albuquerque’s water utility voted this evening (Wed. 10/19) to continue a “drought advisory”, but not to adopt tougher mandatory water conservation measures in response to a forecast... Read more »
A “shadow” La Niña
Federal forecasters will roll out their2011-12 winter outlook tomorrow (Thurs. 10/20), and it’s reasonable to think that the news will not be good for the drought-hammered belt of the southern... Read more »
