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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

1. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Nuke Budgets Have a Way of Growing

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Nuke Budgets Have a Way of Growing By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer       Maintaining old Cold War nukes has proven to be an expensive proposition.     They're fiddly, highly optimized feats of human engineering designed to pack the largest, deadliest wallop into the smallest ...
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2. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Solar Plant Water Usage A Concern

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Solar Plant Water Usage A Concern By John Fleck Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Look at any map of U.S. solar energy resources, and you will see a band stretching from southern New Mexico across Arizona and into California that shows promise ...
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3. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: New Way To Harvest Sunlight

Saturday, June 27, 2009 New Way To Harvest Sunlight By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer           The sunlight danced in and out of Albuquerque's clouds earlier this week as a pair of energy companies joined federal researchers to take the wraps off of a new solar technology.         The technology ...
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4. ABQJOURNAL NORTH: Lab Slow To Fix Fire Hazards

Friday, June 26, 2009 Lab Slow To Fix Fire Hazards By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer       The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have been slow to fix fire safety problems identified in 2006, according to federal investigators.        The delays “increased ...
full story

5. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Here Come the Rains Again

Thursday, June 25, 2009 Here Come the Rains Again By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        Our summer rainy season, which has been creeping up on us since late May, appears to have arrived.     Tuesday's thunderstorms over Albuquerque were "more 'monsoonish' than anything we've seen so far," said ...
full story

6. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Getting a Lift

Sunday, June 21, 2009 Getting a Lift By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        The thing that makes the Colorado Plateau so beautiful has long been one of geology's great mysteries.     You can see it looking west from White Mesa northwest of Albuquerque - beds of rock stacked one atop another ...
full story

7. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Water Monitoring Urged

Friday, June 19, 2009 Water Monitoring Urged By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        New water sampling in the Rio Grande Valley's irrigation ditches has found traces of pharmaceuticals, and the activist group that made the discovery called for more careful water monitoring to ensure it is not a ...
full story

8. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Report: Climate Change Evident

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Report: Climate Change Evident By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        The effects of human-caused climate change, in the form of rising temperatures and dwindling snowpacks, can already be seen in New Mexico and are likely to get worse as greenhouse gases rise, according ...
full story

9. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Engineer Calls for Smaller Reactors

Monday, June 15, 2009 Engineer Calls for Smaller Reactors By John Fleck Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           When it comes to the place of the United States in the global future of nuclear power, Tom Sanders thinks we need to think small.         It is not that Sanders ...
full story

10. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: NSA Official Defends Neutron Center

... referred to Tom D’Agostino as a Los Alamos Laboratory official. He is actually the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        A top federal nuclear official this week endorsed continued operation of a Los Alamos National Laboratory research ...
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...The House of Representatives today passed the Waxman-Markey greenhouse gas reduction bill this evening by a razor-thin 219-212 margin.That's one vote above the 218 needed for passage. All three New Me...
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:36:06 -0600
Word count: 474
Written by: John Fleck
#...Last week's missive about burrowing owls at Journal Center triggered an email from the folks at Los Alamos National Laboratory about the Mexican spotted owls living in the lab's protected backcountry....
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:11:32 -0600
Word count: 203
Written by: John Fleck
...Congress is taking up the Waxman-Markey energy-greenhouse-cap-trade bill as we speak. Some related linkage:It's been easy for supporters of greenhouse gas reductions to offer a united front when all t...
Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:25:10 -0600
Word count: 156
Written by: John Fleck
...Albuquerque-based utility company PNM this afternoon called for congressional passage of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill headed to Congress tomorrow.  The bill closely matches a propos...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:20:21 -0600
Word count: 470
Written by: John Fleck
...Federal investigators say the National Nuclear Security Administration has been slow to deal with fire safety problems at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In a report released today (Thurs. June 2...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:04:54 -0600
Word count: 209
Written by: John Fleck
#...It is perhaps belaboring the obvious to point out that drought conditions have improved in New Mexico. That's what happens when it rains. The map to the right is this week's drought monitor. Condition...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:53:10 -0600
Word count: 129
Written by: John Fleck
...Mike Coleman's story in today's Journal about Harry Teague's amendment to the Waxman-Market climate bill is a case study in the horse trading going on as the bill moves toward a vote tomorrow (Fri. 6/...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:52:41 -0600
Word count: 235
Written by: John Fleck
...All the fly kids (did I get that right?) are down with Buzz Aldrin (imagine me making embarrassing hip-hop gestures as I blog this). Dave Maas takes us inside the political struggles among backers of ...
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:00:00 -0600
Word count: 113
Written by: John Fleck
#...Yes, the monsoon season is really here. We've got a newsroom joke that the monsoon season is not official underway until Fleck (that's me) says it is. What the really means is that the monsoon se...
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:16:34 -0600
Word count: 363
Written by: John Fleck
...Barb Wold, who runs the invaluable Democracy for New Mexico blog, is always careful to point out the difference between what she's doing and what people like me in the "mainstream media" do. But somet...
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:02:05 -0600
Word count: 237
Written by: John Fleck
...New Mexico congressman Ben Ray Lujan will join California Democrat Henry Waxman this afternoon to endorse passage later this week of sweeping new climate change legislation.Luján will be one of the s...
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:20:28 -0600
Word count: 190
Written by: John Fleck
#...The Wilderness Society is honoring Jeff Bingaman tomorrow (Wed. June 24) with its Ansel Adams award for, among other things, his leadership of efforts earlier this year to pass a broad wilderness cons...
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:49:38 -0600
Word count: 211
Written by: John Fleck
#...A pair of solar energy companies and Sandia National Labs today unveiled the latest version of new type of solar power plant technology. Developed by Stirling Energy Systems with help from Sandia...
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:06:32 -0600
Word count: 209
Written by: John Fleck
...This morning's Internet reading includes two entries from thinkers I respect a great deal on central questions regarding the two biggest policy questions on our plates right now: energy/climate and he...
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:52:11 -0600
Word count: 391
Written by: John Fleck
...For better or for worse (and there are reasonable people with passionate views on both sides of the issue), New Mexico is in the uranium business. We've got an enrichment plant soon to come on line ou...
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:39:30 -0600
Word count: 210
Written by: John Fleck
...Page, over at the new Plutonium Cafe, offers a nice look at the declining discourse around the issue of climate change. Money quote: "When things get to the point of rude name calling, I am tempted to...
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:18 -0600
Word count: 110
Written by: John Fleck
#...If you're looking for a preview of what might happen to climate and energy legislation when it gets to the U.S. Senate later this summer, I commend my colleague Mike Coleman's column in today's Journa...
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:54:27 -0600
Word count: 452
Written by: John Fleck
...A frequently asked question here in New Mexico: Does it make sense to spend our precious water growing alfalfa?That's a specific case of a broader question frequently being asked here in the West rega...
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:50:28 -0600
Word count: 322
Written by: John Fleck
#...The burrowing owl at the right is not the burrowing owl I saw on my lunchtime walk today at Journal Center. All I had was a cell phone camera, and I thought you'd be better served with Journal photogr...
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:59:05 -0600
Word count: 251
Written by: John Fleck
...The city fathers and mothers in St. George are struggling mightily to explain why all those salt cedars are dying. Turns out it's a feature, not a bug. Or rather, the bug eating the salt cedars is int...
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:39:13 -0600
Word count: 150
Written by: John Fleck
...As the population of the middle Rio Grande Region (Albuquerque and surrounding areas) grows from a bit less than 800,000 today to an estimated 1.8 million in 2050*, one of the most important governmen...
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:28:08 -0600
Word count: 350
Written by: John Fleck
...New water sampling in the Rio Grande Valley’s irrigation ditches has found traces of pharmaceuticals, and the activist group that made the discovery called Thursday for more careful water monitoring...
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:43:38 -0600
Word count: 367
Written by: John Fleck
#...Southeast New Mexico's dry conditions should improve in the next few months, according to a federal forecast out today. A large section of the state's southeast corner is currently in moderate to...
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:24:58 -0600
Word count: 206
Written by: John Fleck
...How's Albuquerque fairing in the bigger economic picture? Plus what's up with changing all those light bulbs? Click through for more:At NMI, Matt Reichbach looks at some new Brookings data putting Alb...
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:06:18 -0600
Word count: 160
Written by: John Fleck
...New Mexico's Public Regulation Commission has agreed to settle a debate over whether a solar energy company can install panels on a school's roof and sell the power to the school. The school exam...
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:47:53 -0600
Word count: 232
Written by: John Fleck
...Human-caused climate change is "well underway" in the southwestern United States, with rapidly rising temperatures and dwindling water supplies, according to a sweeping new federal report unveiled tod...
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:51:16 -0600
Word count: 322
Written by: John Fleck
...From LA, word that gas prices (already over $3 there) matter, plus really big time solar. Click through for links.I commented yesterday on the rising price of gas here in New Mexico. From California, ...
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:38:46 -0600
Word count: 176
Written by: John Fleck
...Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has been a leader in the push for state-level action in response to climate change. As a Republican in a generally conservative state, his roll has been an important one, pushin...
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:18:09 -0600
Word count: 193
Written by: John Fleck
#...Tom Sanders, the Sandia Labs nuclear engineer who takes over this week as head of the American Nuclear Society, has gotten a boost for his crusade for small nuclear reactors from one of the industry g...
Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:47:08 -0600
Word count: 381
Written by: John Fleck
...I'm increasingly drawn to British journalism which, thanks both to the Web and a friend's pass-along copies of the Economist, is increasingly easily available. Today's case study is from the Financial...
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:47:02 -0600
Word count: 264
Written by: John Fleck
...Today's Albuquerque Pride. If you've never been, the parade's a delight.Win Quigley answers (sort of) a question I've long had: how much bang are we getting for our economic development dollars? The a...
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:55:56 -0600
Word count: 173
Written by: John Fleck
...Steve Harris, writing in the New Mexico Independent, raised some questions today about what to me remains a puzzling governance model: the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority:Trudy J...
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:42:59 -0600
Word count: 342
Written by: John Fleck
#...One of New Mexico's most significant water rights conflicts, on the Pecos River, has been settled, state officials announced Friday evening.In an agreement filed in Fifth Judicial District Court in Ch...
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:00:10 -0600
Word count: 289
Written by: John Fleck
#...Over on Duke City Fix, Bosque Bill has a lovely post today about the Hairy woodpeckers that have taken up residence in his north Albuquerque neighborhood.The Hairy Woodpecker is a very attractive bird...
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:43:37 -0600
Word count: 245
Written by: John Fleck
...Bradford Plumer, at TNR, sorts out the byzantine economics of how permits are allocated under the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. Plumer notes a point often missed in the debate - the relatively low...
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:00:00 -0600
Word count: 204
Written by: John Fleck
...Martin Heinrich took to the House floor last night (Wed. 6/10) to talk about renewable energy's benefits for New Mexico's economy: Among the talking points: NM second biggest potential solar r...
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:34:26 -0600
Word count: 120
Written by: John Fleck
#...The Bureau of Land Management has scheduled hearings this month and next in Arizona and New Mexico on the proposed Sun Zia power transmission line.The power line is intended to carry power from solar ...
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:14:01 -0600
Word count: 255
Written by: John Fleck
#...A search of the Journal's library on the name "Julio Betancourt" yields 28 stories since the mid-1990s. It's not Pete Domenici or Marty Chavez territory, but he is almost certainly the most frequently...
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:18:02 -0600
Word count: 439
Written by: John Fleck
...Jeff "60 Votes" Bingaman, our senior senator, is in the news these days as the quintessential coalition-builder tries to herd the Senate cats into the 60-vote majority needed to pass energy legislatio...
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:01:33 -0600
Word count: 119
Written by: John Fleck
...I'm off tonight (Wed. 6/10) to hear Al Zelicoff (Journal energy tipster, but also a health care expert) talk about his new book, "More Harm than Good: Is Health Care Out Of Control?" New Mexicans for ...
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:13:48 -0600
Word count: 62
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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

1. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Nuke Budgets Have a Way of Growing

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Nuke Budgets Have a Way of Growing By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer       Maintaining old Cold War nukes has proven to be an expensive proposition.     They're fiddly, highly optimized feats of human engineering designed to pack the largest, deadliest wallop into the smallest ...
full story

2. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Solar Plant Water Usage A Concern

Sunday, June 28, 2009 Solar Plant Water Usage A Concern By John Fleck Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Look at any map of U.S. solar energy resources, and you will see a band stretching from southern New Mexico across Arizona and into California that shows promise ...
full story

3. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: New Way To Harvest Sunlight

Saturday, June 27, 2009 New Way To Harvest Sunlight By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer           The sunlight danced in and out of Albuquerque's clouds earlier this week as a pair of energy companies joined federal researchers to take the wraps off of a new solar technology.         The technology ...
full story

4. ABQJOURNAL NORTH: Lab Slow To Fix Fire Hazards

Friday, June 26, 2009 Lab Slow To Fix Fire Hazards By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer       The National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos National Laboratory have been slow to fix fire safety problems identified in 2006, according to federal investigators.        The delays “increased ...
full story

5. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Here Come the Rains Again

Thursday, June 25, 2009 Here Come the Rains Again By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        Our summer rainy season, which has been creeping up on us since late May, appears to have arrived.     Tuesday's thunderstorms over Albuquerque were "more 'monsoonish' than anything we've seen so far," said ...
full story

6. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Getting a Lift

Sunday, June 21, 2009 Getting a Lift By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        The thing that makes the Colorado Plateau so beautiful has long been one of geology's great mysteries.     You can see it looking west from White Mesa northwest of Albuquerque - beds of rock stacked one atop another ...
full story

7. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Water Monitoring Urged

Friday, June 19, 2009 Water Monitoring Urged By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        New water sampling in the Rio Grande Valley's irrigation ditches has found traces of pharmaceuticals, and the activist group that made the discovery called for more careful water monitoring to ensure it is not a ...
full story

8. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Report: Climate Change Evident

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Report: Climate Change Evident By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        The effects of human-caused climate change, in the form of rising temperatures and dwindling snowpacks, can already be seen in New Mexico and are likely to get worse as greenhouse gases rise, according ...
full story

9. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Engineer Calls for Smaller Reactors

Monday, June 15, 2009 Engineer Calls for Smaller Reactors By John Fleck Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           When it comes to the place of the United States in the global future of nuclear power, Tom Sanders thinks we need to think small.         It is not that Sanders ...
full story

10. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: NSA Official Defends Neutron Center

... referred to Tom D’Agostino as a Los Alamos Laboratory official. He is actually the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. By John Fleck Journal Staff Writer        A top federal nuclear official this week endorsed continued operation of a Los Alamos National Laboratory research ...
full story

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