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Carbon Capture Convolution (part I)

An exploration of a plan to keep a New Mexico coal plant running

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Feb 20, 2021
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San Juan Generating Station in northwestern New Mexico. Google Earth image.

In July 2017, Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, which provides electricity to most of the state, dropped a bomb on the Four Corners region: In 2022 they would close the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station and the accompanying San Juan Mine for good. The 40-somethin…

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