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Walk in Beauty: Clean Energy for a Changeable World

May 17, 2012

“Walk in Beauty: Clean Energy for a Changeable World” which highlights the tremendous solar power potential that can displace coal and uranium, create new jobs and build enduring pathways out of poverty. Special thanks to all those who made this video collaboration possible: Google, Bioneers, the people of Navajo Nation, and talented filmmaker, Doug Crawford. [...]

Firefighters in New Mexico Connect Record Fires with Climate Change

May 4, 2012

Event Helps Launch of Over 1,000 Events in 100 Countries to “Connect the Dots” Between Extreme Weather and Global Warming The largest wildfire in New Mexico state history is connected to climate change. That’s the message from a group of firefighters who gathered in the charred Santa Fe Forests to help launch a global effort [...]

Alamogordo News: Bemis Takes Helm at State Department

April 14, 2012

By Milan Simonich John Bemis, litigator, helicopter pilot, Army veteran and government executive, never wanted to succeed New Mexico’s living legend. As it turned out, the path he did not care to travel has taken him on the ride of a lifetime. “I was looking for my last great job and I found it,” said [...]

Associated Press via Alamogordo Daily News: NM Panel Avoids Vote on State Haze Proposal

March 28, 2012

By Susan Montoya Bryan Three New Mexico utility regulators have shot down an effort by one of their own to support a plan by the state Environment Department for curbing pollution at one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the Southwest. The Environment Department is at odds with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over [...]

Press Release: Regrettably, PNM Wins at the Expense of New Mexicans’ Health, Economy

March 16, 2012

New Energy Economy will defend New Mexico’s landmark carbon pollution law against Martinez’s Environment Improvement Board (EIB) and against her campaign contributors, polluters, including the state’s largest utility, PNM. Despite the fact that carbon reduction law has been praised by economists, business leaders, energy security experts, environmental advocates and doctors, the EIB voted to repeal [...]