ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Latest on New Mexico reaction to Trump’s executive order regarding the Clean Power Plan (all times local):
1:40 p.m.
New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas has joined other attorneys general to oppose President Donald Trump’s signing of an executive order aimed at unraveling a federal plan restricting greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Balderas and the others said the Clean Power Plan is essential to mitigating climate change’s effect on public health and the environment. They also warned that court action is a possibility.
Trump argues that the order would revive the coal industry and create a level playing field for energy interests.
Environmentalists in New Mexico say renewable energy and energy efficiency programs have created jobs in the state and that continuing on that path would boost job growth and reduce pollution.
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1:23 p.m.
The state’s largest electric provider says it’s still on track to retire part of a coal-fired power plant in northwestern New Mexico despite President Donald Trump’s executive order rolling back efforts to rein in greenhouse gas emissions.
Public Service Co. of New Mexico tells The Associated Press it will take time to see how the president’s action will affect business going forward.
But spokesman Pahl Shipley says the company doesn’t expect it will change plans to close two units at the San Juan Generating Station by the end of 2017 or the company’s efforts to integrate cleaner resources into its portfolio.
The utility also has started the process to determine the future of San Juan’s remaining units beyond 2022. It will be some time before that decision is made.
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