#NewMexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of #NativeAmerican Students
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Gallup-McKinley County #Schools enrolls a quarter of New Mexico’s Native #students but was responsible for at least three-quarters of Native expulsions over four years.

#Education #Teachers #Families #Kids #News #Southwest

https://www.propublica.org/article/gallup-mckinley-school-investigation-native-student-discipline?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Responding to a fire in Mountainair, NM #photography #NewMexico #NM #fire

@davepolaschek

While I agree with this positive review, it should be understood that #NewMexico is still a stark and dangerous western state. Crime is a problem but communities maintain a balance of gun freedom and vigilant law enforcement. A beautiful balance of dangerous excitement and unlimited potential in a struggle for survival make everywhere you travel in New Mexico an adventure.

A big win for wind power in New Mexico (Texas, not so much)

#wind #windpower #windenergy #energy #electricity #decarbonization #newmexico #arizona #texas #renewableenergy #usa #unitedstates #energytransition #sdg7 #sustainability #sustainableenergy #greenenergy #cleanenergy

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/09/05/wind-power-whack-a-mole-in-the-usa-part-infinity/

#cnn is obsessed with #burningman but have you heard of the #Zozobra tradition in New Mexico?

#newmexico

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/burn-him-99th-annual-zozobra-attracts-visitors-from-across-the-u-s/

"These provisions have already passed in two counties and two cities, creating legal risk for those traveling on major highways including Interstate 20 and Route 84, which head toward #NewMexico, where #abortion remains #legal and new clinics have opened to accommodate #Texas women. Several more jurisdictions are expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3L6AGWn

#Women #WomensRights #WomensFreedom #Health #Misogyny #Politics #USPol #USA #News

The takeover of the Houston Independent School District by the state of Texas is part of a national trend that is likely to accelerate amid political conflicts and pressures to close achievement gaps, experts tell @axios

#edchat #education #newjersey #newmexico
https://www.axios.com/2023/08/22/school-takeovers-states-houston-texas

Today in Labor History August 21, 1680: Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish. The Pueblo Revolt was an uprising against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. The Pueblos killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. However, the Spaniards reconquered New Mexico 12 years later. One cause of the revolt was the Spaniard’s attempt to destroy the Pueblo religion and ban their traditional dances and kachina dolls.

The Pueblo Revolt has been depicted in numerous fictional accounts, many of which were written by native and Pueblo authors. Clara Natonabah, Nolan Eskeets & Ariel Antone, from the Santa Fe Indian School Spoken Word Team, wrote and performed "Po'pay" in 2010. In 2005, Native Voices at the Autry produced “Kino and Teresa,” a Pueblo recreation of “Romeo and Juliet,” written by Taos Pueblo playwright James Lujan. La Compañía de Teatro de Albuquerque produced the bilingual play “Casi Hermanos,” written by Ramon Flores and James Lujan, in 1995. Even Star Trek got into the game, with references to the Pueblo Revolt in their "Journey's End" episode. The rebel leader, Po’pay, was depicted in Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Arch Bishop” and in Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.”

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #pueblo #revolt #rebellion #uprising #NativeAmerican #genocide #indigenous #NewMexico #books #plays #playwright #fiction #novel #author #writer #StarTrek #AldousHuxley #WillaCather @bookstadon

Did Estancia Board of Trustees Violate Sunshine Laws and Plan to Misuse Funds? https://www.mountainairdispatch.com/estancia-trustees-20230807/
#newmexico #NM #Estancia #EstanciaNM #news

Did Estancia Board of Trustees Violate Sunshine Laws and Plan to Misuse Funds? https://www.mountainairdispatch.com/estancia-trustees-20230807/
#newmexico #NM #Estancia #EstanciaNM #news

Woke or not-woke, US states nail massive new solar factories

#newmexico #georgia #solar #solarenergy #solarcells #solarpower #solarpanels #ira #manufacturing #usa #energy #renewableenergy #solyndra

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/10/maxeon-picks-up-us-solar-manufacturing-torch-dropped-by-solyndra/

#Ancient #Architecture Might Be Key to Creating Climate-Resilient Buildings

Vernacular architecture is a way to use a region's heritage and resources to build strong homes and cities.

by Angely Mercado

"The United States has braved a year of multiple billion dollar weather disasters over the past couple of years. In 2021 alone, there were record-breaking #heatwaves , a #winterstorm that shut down cities across #Texas, multiple #hurricanes, record-breaking #wildfires, #tornadoes and #hail storms. All of which damaged public and private property and harmed people across the country.

"Part of preparing for even more extreme weather to come as a result of the #ClimateCrisis, is investing in resilient #infrastructure–something the current administration has already proposed. While building infrastructure may sound like a feat fit for futuristic technology, around the world climate-proofing has been happening already for centuries in the form of vernacular architecture. This form of architecture is defined by the use of traditional materials native to that particular region.

"According to a report in Oxford Urbanists, there is a possibility of a resurgence of vernacular architecture. Otherwise known as traditional, cultural design methods unique to a particular region, vernacular architecture is an alternative to the 'international style' of Eurocentric homes that took off globally after the first world war. Throughout the 20th century, 'identical skyscrapers, airports, malls and gas stations became icons of modern cities,' the report points out. However, those structures are not always made with climate change in mind, and don’t rely on locally sourced materials or local #cultural knowledge. Those homes were not made for the entire world’s diverse array of weather events like hurricanes, wildfires and tornadoes. Drawing on vernacular architecture could be a way of making our cities more resilient to an ever-changing climate.

"A well-known example of cultural and regional identity through vernacular architecture is #Pueblo architecture. The permanent, attached homes modeled after the cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Pueblo (#Anasazi) culture first appeared around the year 1150 AD continue to be used by Pueblo peoples today. A common revival of the style called Santa Fe style, a mix of Pueblo architecture and Spanish colonial architecture, can be found in southwestern states like #Arizona and #NewMexico. Pueblo inspired homes that used dried mud often constructed with locally sourced materials. The thick mud walls are great insulation for both extreme heat and are made to protect residents from especially hot days and from cool desert nights.

"Across similarly sweltering Southern US states, vernacular architecture in the form of shotgun houses feature high ceilings for heat to rise up to, doors that are aligned to improve circulation into the home without costly AC bills.

"In some of the most heat-impacted places on the planet, #vernacular architecture is already being used worldwide in response to climate issues. Architects and designers are not just turning to local materials, they’re turning to #historical design to work around energy needs. Traditional #Arabian techniques like #mashrabiya have been incorporated into iconic modern buildings in Abu Dhabi, a city in one of the most heat-threatened countries in the world. Architects in #Morocco, which is especially vulnerable to climate change, have incorporated vernacular design, like large north-facing windows and smaller south-facing windows to bring in natural light while maximizing air flow for natural cooling and ventilation in public buildings like schools.

"'We wanted to retrieve a sense of heritage, but in a modern way,' Moroccan architect Driss Kettani told CNN. 'We tried to use the same (energy-efficient) solutions found in the small earthen towns in the south of Morocco.'

"These techniques can be used anywhere, even areas of the world with less-obvious climate impacts. Chris Lawson, the managing director at UK-based design firm CK Architectural says that the firm has worked in the #Cotswolds area, which is filled with towns that can source their own building materials. Woods used in the homes can come from local #trees that are already adapted for the English weather, which makes them an ideal building material. Builders are able to excavate the local limestone they need to build homes, a climate-friendly alternative to materials that often have to be transported from elsewhere and weren’t built to withstand the local weather.

"'It was incredibly strong, easy to find, a solid insulator from the Great British weather, and environmentally friendly due to no transportation requirements too,' he explains. 'This can be done across the whole world too.'"

Source:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/ancient-architecture-might-be-key-to-creating-climate-resilient-buildings?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Today in Labor History August 10, 1680: The Pueblo Revolt began in New Mexico. Also known as Popay's Rebellion, the uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, (larger than present-day New Mexico), killed 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. The Spaniards reconquered New Mexico twelve years later.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #indigenous #NativeAmerican #pueblo #colonialism #resistance #rebellion #revolt #spain #NewMexico

#RecyclingPlant Fire Could be Burning #Hazardous #Plastic Material for Days, Officials Warn

by Yelena Dzhanova, August 7, 2023

"Fire crews are battling a large fire at a recycling plant in #NewMexico, and are warning that hot spots could be burning plastic long after the fire is put out.

"Officials with the Albuquerque Fire Rescue and #Bernalillo County Fire Rescue said the fire, which started Sunday afternoon, could burn for “potentially days,” KOAT Channel 7 reported.

"City officials said the plastic that’s getting burned in the fire might contain hazardous #pollutants and issued a health alert for #Albuquerque. Fire crews said the winds are pushing the smoke and flames toward areas that are less densely populated."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/recycling-plant-fire-could-be-burning-hazardous-plastic-material-for-days-officials-warn/ar-AA1eUxvd?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5946e58e63904915c30f6431a707b856&ei=6

#AirQuality

How The #Trinity #Nuclear Test Spread #Radioactive #Fallout Across #America

Story by The Physics arXiv Blog, July 26, 2023

"The #TrinityNuclearTest on 16 July 1945 is a key incident in the blockbuster #Oppenheimer movie and in the history of humankind. Many scientists think it marks the beginning of the #Anthropocene, a new geological era characterized by humanity’s influence on the Earth. That’s because Trinity’s radioactive fallout will forever appear in the geological record, creating a unique signature of human activity that can be precisely dated.

"But there’s a problem. In 1945, radioactive monitoring techniques were in their infancy so there are few direct measurements of fallout beyond the test site. What’s more, #weather patterns were also less well understood so the spread of fallout could not be easily determined.

"As a result, nobody really knows how widely Trinity’s fallout spread across the U.S. or indeed, how the fallout dispersed from other atmospheric nuclear tests on the U.S. mainland.

"Today, that changes thanks to the work of Sébastien Philippe at Princeton University and colleagues. This team have used a state-of-the art weather simulation for the 5 days after each nuclear test to simulate how the fallout would have dispersed.

"The result is the highest resolution estimate ever made of the spread of radioactive fallout across the U.S. It marks the start of the Anthropocene with extraordinary precision and it throws up some significant surprises. Some parts of the U.S. are known to have received high levels of fallout and the new work is consistent with this. But the research also reveals some parts of the US that received significant fallout without anybody realizing.

"The findings 'provide an opportunity for re-evaluating the public health and environmental implications from atmospheric nuclear testing,' say Philippe and co.

"Between 1945 and 1962, the U.S. conducted 94 atmospheric nuclear tests that generated yields of up to 74 kilotons of TNT. (Seven other tests were damp squibs.) 93 of these tests took place in #Nevada but the first, the Trinity test in the Oppenheimer film, took place in #NewMexico.

"The new work also has implications for the way compensation is paid to people who suffered from radiation exposure. The U.S Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (#RECA) provides monetary compensation for this in various counties and #tribal lands.

"But the new work reveals places that are not covered by the Act but that also received high exposure. 'There are locations in New Mexico, and in other parts of the United States, including #Utah, #Nevada, #Wyoming, #Colorado, #Arizona, and #Idaho, where #radionuclide deposition reached levels larger than those we estimate in some counties covered by RECA,' say the researchers.

"That’s interesting work with important implications. And it has been released in conjunction with the Oppenheimer movie, presumably to give it maximum exposure, and rightly so."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-the-trinity-nuclear-test-spread-radioactive-fallout-across-america/ar-AA1eoKOO?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=e61565dc134048fff5b26a96c84eb708&ei=10

#NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons

The most significant political development of the last 20 years, from an Electoral College standpoint, is the shift of much of the West from red to blue

From New Mexico, here's the latest installment in my series exploring that transformation.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-23/how-democrats-won-the-west-and-reshaped-presidential-politics-new-mexico

#Politics #NewMexico #NewMexicoPolitics #West #2024Campaign

How Long Delays in Repatriation Let Scientists Damage #Native Remains With #Government Funds
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Federal agencies have awarded millions of dollars to scientific studies on #NativeAmerican human remains, undermining the goals of #NAGPRA as tribes fight for #repatriation.

#Utah #NewMexico #Arizona #Pueblo #Hopi #Research #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/delayed-repatriation-allows-destructive-research-native-american-remains?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

FEMA Has So Far Paid Out Less Than 1% of What Congress Allocated for Victims of New Mexico Wildfire
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Congress gave FEMA $3.95B to compensate victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico.

Seven months later, just $3M has been paid, and most hasn’t gone to households.

#NewMexico #Wildfire #FEMA #Fire #News #Congress #Southwest

https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-paid-out-less-than-one-percent-of-claims-new-mexico-wildfire?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

@swirls
i take it you are the coyote?

@wimi

#roadrunner #NewMexico

Rio Grande Gorge northwest of Taos, New Mexico. #RioGrande #RioGrandeGorge #NewMexico