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A coalition of tribal and environmental groups has submitted resolutions to federal regulators opposing three pumped hydro-storage projects proposed for Black Mesa on the Navajo Nation.
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Environmental and tribal groups are urging federal officials to deny preliminary permits for three hydro-storage energy proposals on the Navajo Nation. They say the projects threaten water resources and communities.
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Many decisions by New Mexico’s most powerful regulatory panel have had direct economic and environmental consequences for one corner of the state, and yet not one candidate nominated to fill the Public Regulation Commission is from northwestern New Mexico.
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UniSource Gas, which serves 165,000 gas customers in the southern and northern portions of the state, says residential bills could jump by as much as 13% this winter.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation forecasts a 23 percent chance that power production could cease at Glen Canyon Dam in 2024 due to low water levels. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports on how that might affect energy consumers in the West.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed handing more power to states and tribes to block major energy projects based on water quality concerns.
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State utility regulators have rejected a proposed power plant expansion project that pitted environmental justice concerns against metro Phoenix’s increasing electricity demands. The Arizona Corporation Commission’s vote Tuesday was a victory for residents of Randolph, a small historically Black community near Coolidge.
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The third phase a major initiative to connect Navajo Nation residents to the electric grid has begun. Volunteer workers from around the country plan to electrify 300 homes on the reservation in the coming months.
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Land managers are extending the comment period on a proposal that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a national park in New Mexico that Native American tribes consider culturally significant.
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Drought is shrinking reservoirs in the West, and that could mean losing the ability to produce hydroelectric power at Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.