Environment

Tax Law Provisions Open Solar Tax Credit To New Mexicans

EMNRD News:

SANTA FE — Now that Gov. Lujan Grisham has signed omnibus tax package for 2024 into law, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) is preparing to accept a new wave of applications for its Solar Market Development Tax Credit Program.

The 2024 tax omnibus, House Bill 252, contains provisions that make the existing solar tax credit available to more New Mexicans.

Those provisions include:

  • Raising the annual cap on the total amount of credits that can be issued to $30 million per tax year.
  • Ensuring that tribal members who hold property in leasehold are eligible
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Hazardous Waste Treatability Study Report For Calendar Year 2023 Added To LANL Electronic Reading Room

LANL News:

Per regulatory requirements, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) announces new documents have been added to the Electronic Reading Room.

The document(s) have been submitted to fulfill one or more requirements of the Los Alamos National Laboratory:

Members of the public may view these documents and many others at LANL’s Electronic Public Reading Room. Read More

Amateur Naturalist: Springtime Clusters

Red colored clusters of flowers are emerging from a stem. Photo by Robert Dryja

By ROBERT DRYJA
Los Alamos

March could be called the springtime clustering month. Both plants and animals begin to appear in different kinds of clusters as the weather begins to become warmer. A flower may emerge on tree branch as part of a group that grows close together. Picture 1 shows several clusters of red-colored flowers emerging on a tree stem. Pollen bearing anthers appear as red-colored stems coming out of orange colored sepals. What looks like a single flower at a distance is actually several small flowers Read More

DeVolder: Dead Trees On Bathtub Row

By MARK DEVOLDER
Los Alamos

Recently, I had an opportunity to look over the $5.5 million dollar “trail” running northward from Central. The wide concrete trail winds through some old-growth pine trees east of Bathtub Row. Given the size of the trees, I figure that they pre-date the Manhattan Project.

I began to wonder how the root system for the trees is going to collect water underneath the concrete trail.

In previous trips up to the Jemez Mountains, I have noticed pine trees along the road which were blown over by the wind. The exposed root ball on the trees is approximately 5 to 7 feet in diameter. Read More

New Mexico Delegation Welcomes $64 Million To Modernize And Improve Grid Infrastructure

New Mexico Delegation News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), and U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $64,362,000 in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development loans to increase access to clean, affordable energy by building and improving electric infrastructure across New Mexico. 

Continental Divide Electric Coop will Read More

Scenes From Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-A-Thon

Scene from this morning’s Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-a-Thon at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area. This is the 2nd annual 4-hour endurance event in which participants grab their skins, skis, boards (or any means of self-propelled transportation) and ski up and down Pajarito Mountain as many laps as they can or want within the 4-hours. Each lap consists of 1,000 vertical feet and ski down. While it is technically not a sanctioned ski mountaineering event (Skimo), it has a similar style. Skimo will be in the 2026 Olympics. Courtesy/Los Alamos Ski Club

Scene from Los Alamos Ski Club’s 2024 Skin-a-Thon Read More

Papa Murphy’s And LAMS To Host Fundraiser Monday!

This Monday Papa Murphy’s and Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) are hosting a Fundraiser at Papa Murphy’s. This is an opportunity for the community to show its support for LAMS’ Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) by grabbing a delicious meal from Papa Murphy’s! A portion of all sales will directly benefit the school’s programs and initiatives. Enjoy a tasty pizza while contributing to a great cause. Mark your calendars for Monday, March 18, and spread the word! Thank you for your support. Read More

Ft. Sill Apache Tribe And New Mexico Leaders Head To D.C. March 18 To Advocate For Gila River Protections

Ft. Sill Apache Tribe News:

DEMING — Representatives from the Ft. Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe are coming together in Washington, D.C. March 18 with other tribal leaders, local officials and organizations to meet with New Mexico’s Congressional Delegation, to advocate for passage of the M.H. Dutch Salmon Greater Gila Wild and Scenic River Act.

The Act would protect the last free-flowing rivers remaining in New Mexico – the Gila and San Francisco Rivers and tributaries.

Legislation to protect the Gila River and its tributaries has been introduced four times in the last Read More

Bandelier Opens At Noon Due Sloppy Driving Conditions

BANDELIER News:

Due to sloppy winter driving conditions, Bandelier will open at 12 noon today. Additional updates will be posted to Bandelier’s website and social media accounts.

Bandelier National Monument protects, preserves, and interprets an outstanding portion of the Pajarito Plateau, including one of the largest concentrations of Ancestral Pueblo archaeological sites in the American Southwest. The park provides opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy a diversity of cultural and natural resources, striking scenery, wildlife habitats, remnants of a volcanic landscape, Read More

Daily Postcard: Plenty Of Snow Falling Over White Rock

Daily Postcard: Plenty of snow falling this morning over White Rock. The National Weather Service forecasts snow showers to continue until 3 p.m., then scattered rain and snow showers with a total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Today’s high should reach around 39. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

EDD Awards LEDA Assistance To Sánchez Farms

Sánchez Farms owner Javier Sánchez,with his family, has been awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail businesses in Estancia. Courtesy/Javier Sánchez

Sons of Javier Sánchez at the family’s farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail business in Estancia. Courtesy/Javier Sánchez

EDD News:

SANTA FE — The owner of a family farm in Torrance County has been awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm-and-ranch and hardware supply retail businesses in Estancia with future expansion planned for Mountainair, Read More

New Strategic Vision: 2024-2034 ‘Charts Steady Beat Of Progress’ Across Environmental Management Complex

Courtesy/EM

EM News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) released its Strategic Vision 2024-2034, a blueprint to the program’s anticipated cleanup achievements over the next decade.

Built on successes achieved in recent years, the document is an update of previous editions and was developed through outreach and with feedback from regulators, tribal nations, EM advisory boards, local communities and other partners.

“The fifth iteration of the Strategic Vision charts a steady beat of progress for 2024 to 2034 at every EM site,” Read More

Winter Storm Warning Until Midnight Monday For Jemez

Rio Arriba County Emergency Services Weather Alert:

A winter storm warning alert has been issued through midnight Monday, March 18.

          • What: Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations 2 to 5 inches, and 6 and 13 inches above 8,000 feet.
          • Where: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains Including Chama.
          • When: 6 a.m. today to midnight Monday Night.
          • Impacts: Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Some roads may be closed. Significant travel delays are possible.
          • Affected Areas: Jemez Mountains and Tusas Mountains including Chama.

Instructions:

Anyone who must travel is advised to keep an Read More

PEEC Seeks New Board Members

Board members Ed Santiago, Jennifer Macke, Linda Zwick and Janet Griego. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

PEEC will be accepting applications for board members to start in October of 2024. Board members come from various backgrounds and share skills in law, human resources, policies, fundraising, finance, and strategic planning and use their talents to grow the organization of PEEC.

Board member terms are for two years and can be renewed three times for a total of six years. PEEC board members are active in the organization, approving a yearly budget, reviewing strategic plans and goals, and adopting Read More

Scenes Of Snowy Fun Underway At Urban Park

A family is having a blast in the snow today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

More fun in the snow today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

The family dog is getting in on the fun today at Urban Park. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More

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