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Power Plant Opponents in New Mexico Say it's Time to Get Over Coal

By Laura Paskus

Santa Fe Reporter | December 18, 2008

Proponents of the Desert Rock power plant say it will create 1,000 construction jobs and then approximately 200 permanent jobs once it's up and running. But the region already has three coal-fired power plants which are considered among the dirtiest plants in the country.

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Tags: New Mexico, energy, environment, pollution, power plants, Navajo, coal, Desert Rock, Indian reservations

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