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**Public Policy Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Tuesday January 06, 2026 ( 2 items )  

Climate policies can backfire by eroding "green" values, study finds
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 5 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Climate policies can backfire by eroding "green" values, study finds * A popular vision of life after climate action looks like vegetarians riding bikes, city centers without cars, and people foregoing air travel. But a paper published in Nature Sustainability finds that climate policies targeting lifestyle changes (say, urban car bans) actually may weaken people's green values,  more

Turning discovery into impact: UNM's 2025 Research Year-in-Review
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 3 -- The University of New Mexico posted the following news: * * * Turning discovery into impact: UNM's 2025 Research Year-in-Review * In this 2025 Research Year-in-Review, compiled by University Communication and Marketing (UCAM), scientists at The University of New Mexico addressed some of the most pressing issues facing New Mexico and the nationfrom analyzing a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon and documenting record-level PFAS contamination, to examining  more