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Albuquerque, NM (March 5, 2021) – In response to New Mexico’s proposed Clean Fuel Standard legislation, 21 national and New Mexico-based companies and organizations formed the New Mexico Clean Fuel Coalition to support the state’s efforts to diversify New Mexico’s economy while decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. The Coalition was formed in conjunction with the Low Carbon Fuels Coalition, a national organization that plays a leading role in helping shape clean fuel policy at state and national levels.
If enacted, the Clean Fuel Standard Act, SB 11, would establish a market-based approach to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels, requiring fuel producers and importers to reduce the amount of carbon in fuels used in New Mexico a 10% reduction by 2030 and a 28% reduction by 2040. Fuel producers and importers can meet the reduction goals by purchasing credits if they are not able to produce sufficiently low-carbon fuels. Credits may be ge
Food For Love Raises Over $862K For Hungry New Mexicans
…People Still Encouraged to Donate as State’s Hunger Crisis Continues
SANTA FE – Food for Love organizers are thrilled to report that so far the benefit concert has raised $862,577. All the money is going to the New Mexico Association of Food Banks who, through their partner food banks, will be able to provide 3,450,300 nutritious meals for New Mexicans who are having trouble putting food on their tables.
“New Mexico food banks are grateful for the generous help provided by people from our home state, those from other parts of the U.S, and people from as far away as Europe and Australia,” said Sherry Hooper, Chairperson of the New Mexico Association of Food Banks. “Not only did the Food for Love benefit concert raise enough funds to provide more than 3.4 million meals for New Mexicans in need it called attention to the severity of hunger in New Mexico. We thank the Planning Committee for their tremendous work on
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. For nearly a year, 516 Arts has been helping New Mexico-based artists with funding through its Fulcrum Fund.
The arts organization is currently taking applications for a fourth round of emergency relief grants.
Grants of $1,000 are available to individual artists statewide, which are intended to pay for essentials like rent, utilities, groceries, childcare, and medicine. Artist-run or alternative artspaces in New Mexico focused on visual arts are invited to apply for grants of up to $5,000 in support of their operations. The deadline is 11: 59 p.m. April 2, at 516arts.org/fulcrumfund.
The total amount to be awarded in the next round is $60,000, provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Frederick Hammersley Foundation.
AFRL Honors 70 Air Force And Space Force Individuals, Teams During 2020 Phillips Research Site Awards Ceremony - 7:18 am
Col. Eric Felt delivers remarks to a live Zoom audience during the Phillips Research site’s Annual Awards Ceremony as Dr. Kelly Hammett listens at left. Courtesy/AFRL
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KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles and Directed Energy Directorates honored achievements of 70 Air Force and Space Force individuals and teams in their 2020 Phillips Research Site Annual Awards.
The virtual ceremony was held Feb. 24. It illustrated how personnel from both directorates enabled the discovery, development and delivery of warfighting technologies for United States air, space and cyberspace forces.
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Virgin Galactic Holdings tumbled on Friday after its billionaire chairman Chamath Palihapitiya offloaded shares worth about $213 million in the space-tourism company founded by Richard Branson.
Mr Palihapitiya, 44, who has helped drive the frenzied growth of blank-cheque companies, disposed of 6.2 million shares at an average price of $34.32 this week, based on a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
He still owns 15.8 million shares with his partner Ian Osborne through investment company Social Capital Hedosophia, amounting to about a 6.5 per cent stake.
Mr Palihapitiya previously sold shares worth almost $100m in December, filings show.
The latest transaction allows him to fund an investment to help fight climate change, he said.