US senator urges renewable energy expansion in NM
Rural New Mexico can benefit from efforts to expand the production of electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall said Monday.
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"New Mexico's sun and wind are the gold and oil of the future if we start to develop them now," the New Mexico Democrat said in a speech to a joint session of the Legislature.
He pointed to a proposed solar-powered electric generating plant in Luna County near Deming as an example of New Mexico's potential for becoming a leader in renewable energy production.
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