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Someday, environmentalists and polluters alike will look back on 2010 and wonder what all the fuss was about: Global warming will be recognized as the threat it is — or was — and emissions caps will have made sense for stopping that threat. And some of the major despoilers of our atmosphere, coal-burning power plants especially, will be but shadows of their former selves, their abandoned smokestacks standing as monuments to an era of American expansionism when technology was hidebound and happy to be so.
Renewables, probably advanced versions of today's wind and solar farms and geothermal plants, will have put to rest the whole issue of emissions. In its place, perhaps, will be fights over birds and other wildlife of the Western prairies — and how much of their habitat is being hogged by wind turbines and photovoltaic panels. Or will energy-gathering become so miniaturized that it's relatively harmless to our fellow creatures?
All that, however, is far removed from today's tu ... Read more >>
Editorial: Amid all those machos, some true courage ...
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Oh, the machismo of it all ...
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week reeked of testosterone while the assembled senators heard testimony from someone with real cojones: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mulle ... Read more >>
Editorial: Lab boosts a blessing — but a mixed one ...
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So New Mexico's national laboratories, under fire from Washington in recent years, suddenly find themselves the darlings of President Barack Obama's Fiscal 2011 budget: Manned moon flights, another Cold War relic, would be moved to the back burner, b ... Read more >>
Editorial: Right place for 'public notices' is in newspapers
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The "public notices" pages are an often-obscure part of this and many other publications — but in community-involved states like New Mexico, they can be the most important part of the paper.
It's there in the small print that our governments, go ... Read more >>
Editorial: Tax bills gain ground in one chamber ...
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Halfway through the New Mexico Legislature's 30-day session, half of its two chambers is beginning to take its budget-drafting duties at least halfway seriously: The House Appropriations and Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a $5.6 billion budget ... Read more >>
Editorial: Koch outguns profs, wins new UNM term
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Jamie Koch was confirmed Monday to the board of regents of The University of New Mexico, where he has served since 2003. To the extent that he had a hand in inflating the size of the school's administration, his critics among the UNM faculty had plen ... Read more >>
Editorial: High-speed rail gets overdue boost
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That instant relic known as the Rail Runner Express continues to enjoy popularity among New Mexicans and visitors even as its governing Rio Metro Transit Board boosts weekday fares by a dollar and reduces — but doesn't eliminate — Saturday service.
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Letters to the editor
Kokesh, Grand Prix event not linked
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The Grand Prix de Santa Fe, an annual charity horse show jumping event that has donated more than $145,000 to nonprofit human and equine service organizations in New Mexico, was founded in 2004 by Guy McElvain and Brian Gonzales. The Feb. 5 article " ... Read more>>
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