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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main

An aerial view of new oil and gas well operations in New Mexico near the Texas border in June. Credit: Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main, aerial support provided by LightHawk

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