Navajo and Hopi Tribes Discuss Future of Coal
Whichever direction that fight goes, some are seeing the writing on the wall. For decades the Navajo and Hopi Tribes have relied on the coal industry as their economic base. As Laural Morales reports...
View ArticleEPA grants stay in NM emissions case
On Monday, the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreed with Republican Gov. Susana Martinez that an alternative to dealing with haze-causing pollution at a New Mexico power plant should...
View ArticleNavajo Nation Explores Future Of Coal
The Navajo Nation says the only financially viable future for its coal supply may be in clean coal technologies, and overseas exports. KUNM's Tristan Ahtone reports the Nation is taking preliminary...
View ArticleHearing Begins On PNM's Energy Replacement Plan
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly addressed New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission Monday on the first day of two weeks of hearings on PNM's energy replacement plan. Shelly told commissioners he...
View ArticleHearings On PNM's Energy Future Extended
New Mexico's Public Regulation Commission heard testimony for the 10th day on Friday about how the state’s largest utility wants to move forward. Two of the coal-burning units at the San Juan...
View ArticlePNM's Energy Future At A Crossroads
New Mexico’s largest utility company has a plan to use fossil fuels and nuclear power for the next 20 years. But opponents of the plan want to see the utility shift to wind and solar. Two coal-burning...
View ArticlePRC To Take More Comment On Energy Plan
The Public Regulation Commission held weeks of public hearings earlier this year on PNM’s plan to shut down two coal-fired units at the San Juan Generating Station. But this week people in Albuquerque...
View ArticleKUNM Continuing Coverage: PNM's Power Plan
Two coal-burning stacks at the San Juan Generating Station will be shuttered in 2017. To replace that coal-generated power, Public Service Company of New Mexico has proposed investing mostly in other...
View ArticleThe Hunt For The Source Of Four Corners Methane
Scientists published a paper on methane levels across the globe last year—and their satellite images show the largest methane anomaly in the United States hovers over northwestern New Mexico. Now,...
View ArticlePNM Wants Plan Approval Despite Missed Deadline
New Mexico’s largest utility company promised to have a completed coal-supply agreement for their power plant in place by last Friday but PNM missed its own deadline. The coal-supply agreement for the...
View ArticlePublic Regulation Commission Delays Decision On PNM Plan
UPDATE 12:00p: New Mexico Regulators Delay Decision On Power Plant - Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press New Mexico regulators are giving Public Service Co. of New Mexico more time to ink...
View ArticleDebate Over Federal Coal Leases Comes To New Mexico
New Mexico could get more money for schools and roads if the U.S. increases royalty rates for coal mined on federal land. The feds held the last of a series of nationwide listening sessions in...
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