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PNM Rate Debate Shows Need for Free Market in Energy
The financial market intelligence provider, Standard & Poor’s, has recently changed Public Service Company of New Mexico’s bond “outlook from stable to negative.” (Matt Mygatt, The New Mexican/Associated Press, Mar. 22, 2008) Other financial speculators, including Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, are either considering or have acted on reducing PNM’s bond status.
PNM’s bond status [...]
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FCC, Chimayo Residents Threaten Property Rights
Federal Communications Commission representative Stephen DelSordo will be making an appearance at the Chimayo Elementary School gymnasium Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30 pm to discuss possible infringements of historical preservation made by a T-Mobile cell phone tower erected over two years ago, according to The New Mexican (Meeting set over cell tower, Tom Sharpe, Mar. [...]
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Tom Udall Wants to Ban Uranium Mining Near Navajo Land
The congressional Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee met this past Wednesday to discuss uranium mining and the possibility of changing laws to mandate federal reclamation of uranium mines that have been abandoned since the Cold War. Many people think that the http://www.nei.org/keyissues/newnuclearplants/needfornewnuclearplants/future of energy may be in nuclear power, which requires uranium. [...]
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Mora County commissioners to consider oil drilling ban
According to Staci Matlock of The Santa Fe New Mexican (Mora residents split over drilling, Feb. 26, 2008) Mora County commissioners will be holding a meeting on March 7th to discuss taking the radical step of banning all drilling for oil and gas throughout the county. Some residents are concerned about potential harm to endangered [...]
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Bickering Between NM Secretaries of State an Ugly Circus: Open Government requires Open Elections
Current Secretary of State Mary Herrera has disclosed information from a federal investigation being conducted by the Elections Assistance Commission accusing the former holder of her office, Rebecca Vigil-Giron, of using $6.4 million of federal money for her own publicity. The federal funds, provided under mandates of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, [...]
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New Law Increases Regulation of Utility Companies
The New Mexico state legislature has recently passed House Bill 305, sponsored by Speaker Ben Lujan of Santa Fe, which will impose new mandatory regulations on utility companies throughout the state in an attempt to make them more accountable to environmental concerns.
While encouraging commercial, industrial, and residential growth in New Mexico, our state government will [...]
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