Sen. Domenici on Energy Bill in USA Today

Although we haven’t always agreed with him (we don’t always agree with anyone), Sen. Domenici made a powerful case in the USA Today against the proposed Renewable Energy Standard contained in energy legislation moving through Congress. As Domenici writes, “Not only would this one-size-fits-all mandate punish those living in states without sufficient natural resources, it [...]

Energy Bill, Bad for Motorists, Bad for New Mexico

Last summer’s energy bill was loaded down with counterproductive measures that would have raised energy prices. Fortunately for consumers, that bill was never enacted. However, the House is now trying to resurrect that bill’s approach with a somewhat scaled-back version that includes new fuel economy standards for cars and trucks, a greatly expanded ethanol mandate, [...]

Antarctic Sea Ice Expanding!

With melting sea ice in the Arctic causing concern among environmentalists and gaining publicity in the media, something just as incredible albeit far less reported is happening in Antarctica — there, the sea ice is actually expanding and it recently set a record! Regarding the Arctic sea ice, NASA scientists have concluded that the major [...]

Leave Clean Car Regs to Legislture

It would seem obvious at a time when Congress is raising fuel economy on a national scale that similar efforts should be done legislatively in New Mexico if they are to be done at all. Unfortunately, in New Mexico, too often it is nameless and faceless bureaucrats that make these decisions. In fact, the Environmental [...]

Bingaman: Act on Energy

New Mexico Senator and Chairman of the Senate Energy Committee Jeff Bingaman made headlines (subscription required) in today’s Albuquerque Journal with comments that the public is ahead of Congress on issues of climate change and increased use of renewable energy.
With a barrel of gas at nearly $100 and a gallon of gas going for [...]

Santa Fe: A county of whiners?

No, I’m not saying that EVERYONE in Santa Fe is a whiner, but the public comments made at a recent meeting held by the County to discuss potential oil and gas drilling in the county by Houston-based Tecton Energy company certainly brought out the worst in NIMBY types. One member of the throng, a Dennis [...]

If Global Warming is a Problem does that Make Government the Answer?

Many environmentalists including Al Gore who have decided that planetary climate change is the single most important issue facing humanity believe that government is the only entity that can really address the issue. In this excellent article, John Stossel points out that regardless of whether warming is a crisis or not, government may be ill-equipped [...]

Global Warming Based in Part on Biased Data?

Determining whether global warming is happening or not may seem to be a simple problem: simply measure temperature changes over time. What has tended to be more problematic is determining whether warming has been caused by humans or whether it was occurring naturally, or some combination of the two. It turns out that much of [...]

Mayor Marty: Not Green Enough?

By most accounts, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez is one of the most pro-environment mayors in the nation. We at the Rio Grande Foundation have not always agreed with him on some of his environmental initiatives, most notably the “modern streetcar” which was supposedly designed to get cars off Albuquerque streets.
Of course, there are always some [...]

Energy Taxes Back on the Table in Washington

Congress is back from its August recess and is ready to do more harm to the American economy. Specifically, the issue is energy taxes, some of which were killed in the Senate before they left for recess, but which are expected to rear their ugly heads again once the House takes up the bill. A [...]

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