Luján Announces $1.2 Million Grant for LANL to Improve Energy Efficiency of Vehicles
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District announced Tuesday that Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is receiving a $1.2 million grant through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicles Technology program.
The program is investing in three new projects that focus on increasing the efficiency of engines and powertrain systems for future highway transportation vehicles.
The federal government will contribute $1.2 million to the project, while the private sector will invest $300,000.
LANL will use the grant to develop a low cost and robust Read More
Powering Up the Los Alamos Smart Grid & Smart House
Let the Demo Begin! Powering up the Los Alamos Smart Grid & Smart House
By Greg Kendall
- First international project in the U.S. to demonstrate how to provide a significant proportion of renewable power on the electric grid to meet a community’s residential needs.
A $52 million state‐of‐the‐art, international smart grid project will power up at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17 at 1925‐D Trinity Dr. in Los Alamos, a high desert residential community of scientists, engineers and their families.
At the event, the New Energy and Industrial Technology and Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, Read More
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001
Staff report
Solemn ceremonies are taking place around the community and throughout the nation today; remembering lives lost and heroes who rose up when terrorists attacked America 11 years ago.
At 8:45 a.m. on the clear Tuesday morning of Sept. 11, 2001, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors.
As the evacuation of the tower Read More
Local “Tower of Magic” Performs at Santa Fe Playhouse
SANTA FE PLAYHOUSE News:
The community is invited to a staged reading of “Tower of Magic,” a comedy by Los Alamos playwright, Tess Light, directed by Mish Schneider, and featuring an all-star cast of local film and Broadway actors.
This quirky, award-winning comedy follows the ordinary Felix as he tries to fit in with an obsessive ornithologist, a compulsive mezzo soprano, a murderous chef, an occasionally-mute savant and a dual-personality linguist.
Showtimes are 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 East DeVargas Read More
Storytelling Jamboree in Jemez Springs
STORYTELLING JAMBOREE News:
Scenic Jemez Springs is the scene for the Storytelling Jamboree at Jemez Springs Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. Hear stories, play games, eat, and support vendors.
Storytellers are fine-tuning their yarns and will be coming from:
Corrales – Liz Mangual and Bob Kanegis;
Albuquerque – Elaine Maury and Steven Pla;
Santa Fe – Cynthia Dobson;
White Rock/Los Alamos – Terry Foxx;
Jemez Springs – Shefa Gold; and
Edgewood – Sarah Malone.
There will be a great mix of food vendors and a super group of arts and crafts Read More
County Line Highlights Fall Hours for Shuttle
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY News:
Events
County Council Meeting 7 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers)
What’s on the agenda? It may be a fairly short meeting, with two public hearings on the schedule: one for a liquor license for the Pajarito Brewpub & Grill, and one for designating a lead agency for efforts related to the Manhattan Project National Historic Park. The only business item relates to adoption of property tax rates for calendar year 2012.
Download the agenda here: https:////www.losalamosnm.us/gov/council/Pages/default.aspx
Grand Re-Opening of the Little Theater 11:30 a.m. Read More
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge Project Completed
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge. Courtesy/NM Tourism Dept.
NMDOT News:
NMDOT District Five announced today the completion of the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge rehabilitation project. The bridge is 10 miles northwest of Taos.
Work began in July, 2011 and ended Aug. 29, 2012.
NMDOT congratulates all crew members on their great work and also thanks the people of the Taos area for their patience and cooperation.
Glen Baker
The job of restoring and repairing the nearly 50-year-old bridge was a monumental task headed up by Assistant District Engineer Phil A. Gallegos and Taos Project Manager Glen Baker. The contractor Read More
Glacial Thinning has Sharply Accelerated at Major South American Icefields
The thinning of the Grey Glacier in Patagonia is visible by comparing the current glacier with the bottom of the vegetation line on the surrounding mountains — where the glacier reached until recently. Photo by Andres Rivera
American Geophysical Union News:
WASHINGTON – For the past four decades, scientists have monitored the ebbs and flows of the icefields in the southernmost stretch of South America’s vast Andes Mountains, detecting an overall loss of ice as the climate warms.
A new study, however, finds that the rate of glacier thinning has increased by about half over the last dozen Read More
Comment Dates on Plans to Expand Disposal at WIPP
Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety News:
There are two opportunities to make public comment on the Department of Energy (DOE) proposals to expand the disposal options at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
DOE is seeking to use lead shielded containers for disposal of “hot” Remote-Handled (RH) waste and to dispose of six metric tons of “surplus plutonium.”
Fact sheets and sample comment letters about both proposals are available on the CCNS website: https:////www.nuclearactive.org. Public comments about the proposal to use shielded containers are due to the New Mexico Environment Read More
Udall Recruits New Mexico Applicants for Internships
- Positions Available in New Mexico and Washington Offices
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall invites New Mexico college students interested in gaining legislative or press relations experience to apply for fall internships in his Washington, D.C., Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces offices.
To apply online or download an application, visit Udall’s website at www.tomudall.senate.gov.
The deadline to apply for positions is flexible, but students interested in fall internships are encouraged to submit their applications by Friday, Sept. 7.
“While working in one of my offices, students Read More