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CIR: Jeff Bingaman On ‘Impeaching A President’

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Sen. Jeff Bingaman

CIR News:

During a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3 at Hotel Santa Fe, retired U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) will react and respond to the Senate trial of President Trump by offering key reflections on his experience in the January 1999 trial of President Bill Clinton. 

Interviewed by Amb. Vicki Huddleston, Sen. Bingaman will provide a behind-the-scenes look at an impeachment trial, reviewing the oft-cited trial rules set by the US Senate in 1999 for such a trial, and the role that evidence, including witnesses and partisanship played in President Clinton’s eventual Read More

Balderas Joins Coalition Fighting For Consumer Protections Under Title X Of Dodd-Frank Act

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Attorney General Hector Balderas

AG News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Attorney General Hector Balderas has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general fighting to ensure that the states can continue to benefit from powerful tools under Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act that help them protect consumers from fraud and abusive consumers practices.

In an amicus brief filed in Seila Law, LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the coalition argues that the U.S. Supreme Court should preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and other significant consumer protections provided by Title X. 

“In Read More

EPA Correcting The Record: Media Erroneously Claims EPA And Army Jeopardize Wetlands & Stream Protection

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EPA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to multiple media reports, the Navigable Waters Protection Rule, which delivers a new, clear definition for “waters of the United States,” issued Thursday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) erodes protection for “millions of miles of streams” and wetlands.

While this conveniently fits the narrative they are trying to push, it runs contrary to the facts. There’s even a fact sheet easily and publicly accessible online spelling this out.

In the meantime, here’s what people are actually saying about Read More

LANL: Acetone + Light Creates Green Jet Fuel Additive

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Starting with acetone derived from plants, scientists at Los Alamos are converting this simple molecule into jet fuel using a novel process that uses light. This has the potential to be blended with regular jet fuel to offer a greener option. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Take biomass-derived acetone—common nail polish remover—use light to upgrade it to higher-mass hydrocarbons, and, voila, you have a domestically generated product that can be blended with conventional jet fuel to fly while providing environmental benefits, creating domestic jobs, securing the nation’s global leadership Read More

U.S. Supreme Court Action On Abortion Could Prompt Special Session Of New Mexico Legislature

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The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By DANIELLE PROKOP
The New Mexican

Democrats in the state Senate say they still don’t have enough votes to repeal an old, unenforceable abortion ban that remains in New Mexico law.

They believe a failed effort in the 2019 legislative session — when a handful of conservative Democrats joined Republicans to block it — could see the same results in this year’s 30-day session.

But with the U.S. Supreme Court poised to hear a Louisiana case that is expected to test the landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats and Read More

DEA: Prevention With Purpose: Strategic Planning Guide For Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students

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DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today released Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students.

This new publication provides a road map for college and university-based prevention professionals to address campus-wide drug misuse issues.

“With vaping, marijuana use, and the abuse of prescription drugs on the rise, it is critical we continue to do everything we can to reach at-risk populations such as college students,” DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon said. “DEA’s new publication provides Read More

Anti-Abortion Rallies Mark Day Two Of 30-Day Session

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Los Alamos residents at the March for Life rally Wednesday in Santa Fe, from left, Elise Lee, Los Alamos Right to Life Committee members Diane Coane and Pat Grubel and Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Paul Grubel. They were among some 900 people who attended a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi prior to the rally. Photo by Kenneth Lee/K of C member

Anti-abortion activists and church leaders gather on the 47th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade Wednesday morning in the Capitol Rotunda in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Los Alamos Right to Life Committee

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AGU: Air Pollution From Oil And Gas Production Sites Visible From Space

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OMI NO2 map and NOx emission estimates.(a) Absolute changes in OMI tropospheric NO2VCDs between 2007 and 2018 for the continental U.S. Green boxes denote major U.S. oil and gas production regions. The insets show the NO2 VCD change between 2007 and 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively, over the Permian basin. (b) 2015 FOG NOx emission estimates for the areas outlined in (a) ©2019 American Geophysical Union. Courtesy photo

AGU News:

Oil and gas production has doubled in some parts of the United States in the last two years, and scientists can use satellites to see impacts of that trend: a significant Read More

New Mexico Congressional Delegation Makes Requests Regarding PFAS And Plan For Next Steps

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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requesting that the Department of Defense’s (DoD) release a plan for next steps to ensure New Mexican communities and dairy farms in close proximity to Cannon Air Force Base receive access to a clean water supply and a reimbursement of incurred filtration expenses.

The delegation also requested DoD work on plans to purchase Read More

Nation Observes Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Today

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President Ronald Reagan signs the MLK holiday into law in 1983 as King’s wife Coretta Scott King watches at left. Courtesy/wikipedia.com

Martin Luther King Jr.

Staff Report

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., and sometimes referred to as MLK Day) an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King’s birthday is Jan. 15. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The earliest Monday for this holiday is Jan. 15 and the latest is Jan. Read More