New Energy Economy

The state Environmental Improvement Board, saying a 15-month-old rule to reduce carbon pollution was bad for business and already outdated, repealed the measure today in a unanimous vote. Deborah Peacock of Albuquerque, the board chairwoman, said new federal regulations actually had caused the state rule to “sunset.” But she and the other board members nonetheless [...]

Santa Fe’s youngest environmentalists are the main subjects of a new mural at Warehouse 21, in the heart of the city’s Railyard community. The mural, up for the next two years, is the work of graffiti artist John Santos and photographer Ann Stavely. Eventually, seven high school activists will beam down from the wall with [...]

By Dean Kuipers A federal appeals court has ruled that the owners of the San Juan Generating Station, a huge coal-fired power plant near Farmington, N.M., must continue with plans to install strong pollution controls. Several California cities purchase electricity from the plant. The federal Environmental Protection Agency ruled last fall that the plant was required [...]

A federal court in Denver told the Public Service Co. of New Mexico on Thursday it must install equipment to reduce significantly the 16,000 tons a year of haze and ozone and nitrogen pollution produced by the smokestacks at the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and PNM had asked [...]

For Immediate Release: March 1, 2012   Contact: Lori Goodman, Diné CARE, 970-759-1908 Mariel Nanasi, New Energy Economy, 505-469-4060 Mike Eisenfeld, San Juan Citizens Alliance, 505-360-8994 Jeffrey Billington, National Parks Conservation Association, 202-419-3717 David Van Winkle, Sierra Club, 505-820-1006 Court denies attempt by Gov. Martinez and PNM to stall pollution controls for coal-burning plant   [...]