Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico is part of a network created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Laboratory to monitor anthropogenic aerosols in the Earth's gases of life even as emissions released by oil and gas extraction in the Permian Basin threaten Texas and the other horrible red states on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA wants to be able to detect whether Solar Radiation Modification (SRM), sometimes called solar geoengineering or albedo modification, is happening. Sandia is also home to the Plasma Research Facility and is operated by a subsidiary of Honeywell International under contract with the US Department of Energy.
In 2016 DOE and Republican former US Representative from New Mexico's First District then President Heather Wilson of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, later Air Force Secretary in the first Trump term, a Rapid City firm specializing in toxic waste floated the idea of a deep borehole in Spink or Haakon Counties where contaminated materials could be dumped.
In South Dakota’s Black Hills, DOE, New Mexico's Sandia Labs, Los Alamos National Laboratory, South Dakota School of Mines and others are collaborating on the potential for generating electricity using Enhanced Geothermal Systems. While Wilson was president of SDSMT, Denny Sanford donated millions to the university including $2 million to help build a new student wellness and recreation center. Wilson's LinkedIn profile highlights her oversight of the underground lab made possible by a $70 million gift from the now-disgraced Sanford.The FBI is now investigating the deaths and disappearances of thirteen scientists, researchers, and workers connected to America's nuclear weapons and aerospace programs, reacting to pressure from a public increasingly alarmed by what appears to be a troubling pattern. Nearly half of the thirteen people have direct ties to Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, large weapons science labs in New Mexico.
Ingrid Lane vanished on State Route 144, a narrow dirt road that runs through the Jemez Mountains. Her black 2019 Subaru Impreza hatchback was found on 144 about 11 miles north of NM-126, near San Antonio Mountain and the Valles Caldera National Preserve, at 9,100 feet elevation and out of cellular range. Lane's educational background reflects someone operating at the highest levels of scientific research. She attended Johns Hopkins University, studied at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and completed biomedical engineering coursework at the University of New Mexico. [Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez for THE PUGILIST]Cesar Chavez's name is being stricken from public facilities in New Mexico after revelations of sexual misconduct yet Denny Sanford's name is still smeared all over South Dakota.
