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Balancing Renewable Energy with Local Impacts

A power tower from a low angle.

August 20, 2021 – Plans for the SunZia Transmission Project have been in the works since 2006, with $150 million already spent. That $4 billion project is supposed to someday bring wind-generated power from New Mexico to markets in Arizona and California. This week, correspondent Laura Paskus talks to John Ryan, SunZia New Mexico executive…

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Impact of a Dry Rio Grande

Low view of a dry Rio Grande.

October 9, 2020 – The Rio Grande has been dry near San Antonio, New Mexico, and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, for the entire summer. Now, the Albuquerque stretch of the river is also critically low and could even stop flowing this month as warm, dry conditions persist. These low flows and dry…

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