Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
Apparently, when the price of something goes up, consumption goes down. Who knew?
Archive of posts filed under the New Mexico category.
New Mexico Water Rights
Some stuff I wrote elsewhere about a potentially huge New Mexico water law court decision: A state court this week threw out New Mexicans’ longstanding legal right to drill a domestic water well without having to worry about whether it would leave less water for their neighbors. The ruling is a victory for activists who …
So this guy in a bar sez….
Some stuff I wrote elsewhere, on the fate of the U.S. nuclear weapons budget: I say “it appears” because I don’t have any paper out of the committee yet, just a guy in a bar (I swear, this is how it happened) reading the statement to me over a bad cell phone connection. More later, …
It Takes Energy To Make Energy
I spent some time yesterday on a story that encapsulates a lot of energy issues here in New Mexico. Southeastern New Mexico is oil patch country, sitting atop the Permian Basin. Oil production there has long been in decline, but we’re seeing a bit of a boomlet there. $135 a barrel oil will do that. …
stuff I wrote elsewhere
getting paid to float down a boat on a river: But among the river people there also is some nervousness about the future. Much of the funding for bosque habitat restoration work has come courtesy of Pete Domenici, who is retiring at the end of his current term. Love or hate those dreaded pork barrel …
What Does the Nuclear Weapons Customer Want?
stuff I wrote elsewhere
Albuquerque Bike to Work Day
Stuff I wrote elsewhere: Diane Albert’s view of the city is different than the one you might get trapped inside a glass-and-steel cage on your morning commute. Out along the Rio Grande bicycle trail on her morning commute, she sees the coming and going of ducks, the cottonwoods changing from green in spring to gold …
Navajo water settlement advances
stuff I wrote elsewhere
the day they bombed Mesa del Sol
stuff I wrote elsewhere: There is not much to see on this windy scrap of desert south of Albuquerque, which is probably a good thing. On the eastern edge of the planned Mesa del Sol community south of Albuquerque, this is the site of one of the United States’ most notorious nuclear weapons accidents. A …
Stuff I Wrote Elsewhere
Lockheed Admits E-Mail Violation