Tag: New Mexico
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Whimsical Furniture Made From Recycled Cardboard
Inspired by both the beauty of the American West and the wares on sale in a tiny Parisian shop, Clôdie Francois turns discarded cardboard into colorful, playful pieces that look straight out of 'Alice in Wonderland.'
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Scientists Find Rarest US Bumblebee Again After 55 years.
This bumblebee was last spotted in 1956. Now scientists have found three of the furry little creatures on a patch of weeds by the highway.
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20 Square Mile Fake City To Be Built As Technology Test Bed
Remember that scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, where Indie is stuck in a completely fake town with no people, and that was the basis of the phrase, "to nuke the fridge", which was going to replace "to jump the shark"?
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10-Year-Old Girl Fights to Save a Mountain
Faith, they say, can move mountains, but sometimes it takes hard work and dedication to help ensure that they don't go anywhere. In 1915, the town of Orogrande, New Mexico, was once a thriving gold rush community, home to several
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Permit for Coal Mine Expansion Revoked on Navajo Land
Two environmental groups have at least a temporary victory to celebrate after a federal judge voided a permit, granted in 2005, for the expansion of a coal mine on Navajo land in New Mexico.
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New Mexico Farmer's Market Goes Entirely Solar
Farmer's market, meet solar power. Solar power, meet farmer's market.
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Santa Fe Enchanted With Eco-friendly Art
A year-long show focusing on the four elements is bringing well-known environmental
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Could Rush Limbaugh Deter Pine Bark Beetles? (Video)
Jeff has already explored a whole variety of diseased and pest ridden trees this week, but the pine bark beetle's march has to be one of the biggest threats to forests in North America. Unsurprisingly, researchers are
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EcoNewMexico Hosts Carnival of the Green
Today marks Carnival of the Green #210, and it's being hosted by EcoNewMexico. Did you know that living in New Mexico and the American Southwest has special ecological considerations? We sure didn't. You can learn all about it at EcoNewMexico. The site
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Who Says Solar is Hurting? SCHOTT Solar Now Hiring
When SCHOTT Solar opened their manufacturing facility just nine months ago, and during these tough times, who knew they would be doubling the number
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Earthship Makes Landfall in Nicaragua, Builds Home Out of Tires
In the San Juan Del Sur region of Nicaragua, the famed Earthship crew, along with 13 Nicaraguans from the local community, created the start of what will be entirely off-grid, sustainable community, titled Casa Llanta ("Tire
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Mercury Rising: Temperature Will Soar in Some U.S. States Within the Century
The heat is on. We all know climate change is a very real and very dangerous fact of life, and many
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First Utility-Scale, Zero Emissions, Hydrogen Power Plant Begins Construction in New Mexico
New Mexico-based company Jetstream Wind has announced that it has begun construction in the town of Truth or Consequences on what it is calling the world's first utility-scale, zero-emissions hydrogen power plant. Though the
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University NM - Taos Celebrates Energy Independence Day
July 1, 2009 will forever be known as Energy Independence Day as the University of New Mexico - Taos is now officially 100% powered by the sun - the first community college in the United States to meet this goal.One of the largest
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Bureau of Land Management to Designate Solar Power Fast Track Areas in Six Western States
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar has just announced that the Bureau of Land Management will designate some 24 sites in six western states as Solar Energy Study Areas; and will establish new solar power permitting offices and
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US Government Awards Millions To Create "Forest Thinning" Jobs
U.S. Department of the Interior will grant $15 million to 55 projects to "thin overgrown forests" [logging] and remove potential fuels for wildfires on public lands" [so the wood can
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Desert Rock New Mexico, Coal-Fired Power Plant Permit Withdrawn By USEPA
Another pro-coal Bush environmental decision was reversed this week. Reuters reports that the Environmental Protection Agency withdrew the air permit,
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New Google Earth Layer Shows What US Lands Should Be Off-Limits to Renewable Energy Development
As Senator Feinstein's recent talk about making 500,000 acres of the Mojave desert off-limits to renewable energy development, on the conservation grounds, goes to show, conflicts over siting large projects is no less likely just because the project is
