Tag: New Mexico - Page 2
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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Desert Rock New Mexico, Coal-Fired Power Plant Permit Withdrawn By USEPA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
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Largest Solar Array by an Electric Cooperative to be Installed in New Mexico
Image via: PowerTech - solar farm in Bavaria Colfax County to be exact, and the array will include over 500,000 photovoltaic panels when it is finally operational and produce 30MW of solar electricity, reports MSNBC. Tri-State Generation and
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Meet KTAO, The Nation's Largest Solar Powered Radio Station
You don't have to live in Taos, NM to listen to KTAO (aka K-TAOS) , the largest solar powered radio station in the USA. You can stream it online, guilt-free from anywhere in the world, because K-TAOS magically turns sunbeams into audio streams.
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12,100 Megawatts of Geothermal Power by 2025: Department of Interior Opens Up Lands For Leasing
Geothermal energy finally seems to be getting the attention it deserves. While it still is a small percentage of most nation’s energy mix (read: everybody but Iceland), the potential of geothermal in some places is enormous. Towards
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Dreaming New Mexico: The Road Map for One State's Energy Problems
On of the primary pieces of advice dolled out to us when it comes to goal setting is to visualize the end result. We have to know what we're working towards if we are to design and implement a strong path. The same goes for a sustainable future.
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Creative Recycling: Fridgehenge
So many inefficient old fridges in America that need replacing, so much empty space that could be filled with monuments. We usually suggest recycling old fridges; artist Adam Jonas Horowitz and the Primordial Soup Company had another idea: Fridgehenge,
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Name the New Greenpeace Balloon!
Greenpeace has ships, helicopters, a solar-paneled vehicle, and now? Our very own balloon. That’s right, a giant hot-air balloon shaped like the Earth. There’s only one problem. Our hot-air balloon doesn’t have a name yet. And just like any other
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Greenpeace Launches New Earth Balloon
In typical Greenpeace fashion, we crashed this past weekend's Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with our new Earth-shaped hot air balloon.
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A Better Vision for the Southwest's Energy Future
We have a vision for the Southwest that involves solar panels and windmills -- a future of clean-energy generation and green jobs, not the smokestacks, pollution, and health problems that accompany a coal-fired power plant. However, that vision got a
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Hyperion Power Generation Sells Someone on Portable Nuclear Power
About nine months ago we reported on a portable nuclear power generator made by Hyperion Power Generation which we dubbed a "nuclear hot tub" because of it's size. We weren't overly keen on the idea and comments
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New Mexico (And Some Navajo) Object To 1,500-megawatt Coal-Fired Power Plant
Governor Richardson has stated that New Mexico will appeal USEPAs issuance, this week, of an air permit needed to begin construction of a massive coal-fired plant. New Mexico officials said Thursday they will appeal an air-quality permit the U.S.
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Movie Review: "Garbage Warrior" and Experimental Architect, Michael Reynolds
Design is evolving, but according to "Garbage Warrior" (2008), a timely documentary on unconventional architect Michael Reynolds and his so-called "earthships", it's not evolving fast enough. Partly, it's because the "powers that be" are
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Environmental Groups Lobby for Sin Tax on TV's and Video Games to Fight Childhood Obesity with Outdoor Education
In a creative twist that’s caught my attention, groups like the Sierra Club are lobbying for a sin tax to be levied on all new televisions and video games sold in New Mexico to encourage kids to get up off their duff and head outside to play.
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Big Utilities Eye Central Solar
The following narrative is borrowed directly from a conference promotion - directed at utility employees and financial types. It's rich with seminal ideas that we all need to assimilate.
