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New Mexico (And Some Navajo) Object To 1,500-megawatt Coal-Fired Power Plant
Governor Richardson has stated that New Mexico will appeal USEPAs issuance, this week, of an air permit needed to begin construction of a massive coal-fired plant. New Mexico officials said Thursday they will appeal an air-quality permit the U.S. federal government granted...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a permit Thursday for a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant called Desert Rock being developed on Navajo Nation land by the nation's Dine Power Authority and by energy company Sithe Global Power LLC. The developers estimate the plant will cost $3 billion. Via::
Source: TreeHugger