Environment

Santa Fe Community College Foundation Announces Two Presentations By Michael Zeiler About Upcoming Eclipse

Geographer and cartographer Michael Zeiler

SFCC News:

SANTA FE — Santa Fe Community College Foundation will present eclipse-chasing geographer and cartographer Michael Zeiler and his multi-media tour of the path of the April 8, 2024 eclipse at two separate presentations at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 and at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 in the SFCC Planetarium, 6401 Richards Avenue.

Attendees must pre-register at bit.ly/4bU7de1. The $25 admission will benefit SFCC Foundation, which supports students through scholarships and other initiatives.

The approximately one-hour program Read More

Cory Atencio Helps Keep Community Ship-Shape Through Junk-It Business

Junk-It owner Cory Atencio on a fishing trip with his daughter. Courtesy photo

By Andy McBride
Los Alamos Daily Post
Student Reporter

Cory Atencio is a 30-year-old with a burning passion to help others in his community—a working man with a story to tell.

He and his brother, Joby Atencio were born and raised in Española. They were raised by a single mother, Michelle Jacquez-Romero.

Atencio was the man in the house, with no father figure in his life. Atencio said he had to grow up fast and learn what it took to earn an honest living. He attended Española Valley High School where he was an all-around athlete Read More

CVNM On Signing Of New Mexico Match Fund Into Law

CVNM News:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed HB 177 NM Match Fund into law Wednesday.

The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Dixon (HD-20), Rep. Armstrong (HD-49), Rep. Herrera (HD-41), Sen. Campos (SD-8), and Sen. Woods (SD-7), will deliver critical resources to more than 2,800 entities statewide and help New Mexico compete with other states vying for historic federal funding made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

In response, Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM) Climate & Energy Director Samantha Kao issued the following Read More

Valles Caldera Drew More Than 76,000 Visitors In 2023

VCNP News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — Last week, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visits in 2023, an increase of 13 million—or 4 percent—over 2022.

Valles Caldera National Preserve saw 76,090 people experience the park, an increase of more than 12,000—or 19 percent—over 2022.

“Valles Caldera’s location at the heart of the Jemez Mountains provides abundant natural, cultural, recreational, and historical experiences for everyone,” Superintendent Jorge Silva-Bañuelos said. “We were thrilled to welcome so many people to the park, whether Read More

‘Valles Caldera Winter Fest’ March 9, 2024

A snowy Valle Grande. Photo by Corey Lycopolus/NPS

VCNP News:

Whether one prefers to be warm and cozy by the fire or outside playing in the snow, there will be plenty of winter wonderment and fun to discover at Valles Caldera Winter Fest.

This event, which is geared toward children and families, takes place Saturday, March 9, at the Ranger Station at the VallesCaldera National Preserve.

Schedule of Events in and around Ranger Station: 

  • 10 a.m. – Snowflakes (ages 4+)
  • 11 a.m. – Winter Soundscapes Ski Tour (ages 16+)
  • 11 a.m. – Reading with a Ranger (all ages)
  • 11 a.m. – Snowman
Read More

LANL: Floodplain Assessment Issued For County Waterline And San Ildefonso Pueblo Fiber Optic Cable

LANL News:

This floodplain assessment has been prepared for two projects by two separate proponents in Los Alamos County.

Portions of the project are located on Department of Energy property. One project is the construction and operation of a new water supply line within the right-of-way of New Mexico Highway 4 (N.M. 4) by Los Alamos County’s Department of Public Utilities. The other project is the installation of a fiber optic conduit and cable within the right-of-way of N.M. 4 and New Mexico Highway 502 (N.M. 502) by Pueblo de San Ildefonso.

The two project proponents are working together to Read More

REIA-NM To Host Electrify New Mexico Conference

ENM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Renewable Energy Industries Association of New Mexico (REIA-NM) will host a one-day Electrify New Mexico conference Thursday, April 4 at the Sid Cutter Pilots Pavilion at Balloon Fiesta Park.

The event will bring together New Mexico business leaders, renewable energy thought leaders, elected officials, local government representatives, policy analysts and other subject matter experts to help New Mexico leverage the billions of dollars of federal and state incentives to support the transition to a clean energy future. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is anticipated Read More

Monitoring Storm Water Runoff From LANL Added To Electronic Public Reading Room

LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has announced that new documents have been added to the LANL Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract Electronic Public Reading Room.

All legacy cleanup documents required to be posted after April 30, 2018, are available on the site linked above.

For legacy cleanup documents that were posted prior to April 30, 2018, please visit the LANL electronic public reading room:

  • Monitoring Storm Water Runoff from Los Alamos National Laboratory under the Individual Permit (Link)

Members of the public with any questions, please Read More

As Farm Bill Negotiations Progress, Luján Hosts U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Staff On Tour Of New Mexico Agriculture Industry

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján hosts staff members from the U.S. Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry to Don Bustos’ Farm in Santa Cruz to meet with a local farmer and discuss the challenges and opportunities that small, minority producers face in New Mexico. Courtesy photo

Luján and Senate Agriculture Committee staff members traveled to NMSU Agriculture Science Center farm in Alcalde to meet with NMSU staff to discuss the importance of farming in rural New Mexico in relation to sustainability for Habitats, wildfire and forest recovery. Courtesy photo

U.S. SENATE News:

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Heinrich, Hickenlooper, Padilla, Rosen, Cortez Masto Push For Significant Investments In Geothermal Energy

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) in sending a letter to Senate Appropriations leadership calling for $118 million for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office to be included in the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Appropriations Bill.

The letter further requests that the bill specify at least $100 million Read More

Savannah River Site Tops 15M Gals. Salt Waste Processed

In its first three years of operation, the Salt Waste Processing Facility processed approximately 7.5 million gallons of tank waste, significantly contributing to the liquid waste program’s output of 15 million gallons of radioactive salt waste since 2008. Courtesy/SRS

AIKEN, S.C. — The Savannah River Site’s (SRS) liquid waste program has processed more than 15 million gallons of radioactive salt waste since 2008 through the work of three major facilities.

To reach this milestone of 15 million gallons processed, SRS has relied on the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) for the past three Read More

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