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"Power Madness" in America, the Big Buildup of coal, and a Senate hearing from five decades ago

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"Power Madness" in America, the Big Buildup of coal, and a Senate hearing from five decades ago

Jonathan P. Thompson
Oct 2, 2020
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"Power Madness" in America, the Big Buildup of coal, and a Senate hearing from five decades ago

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Five decades ago, the US Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs held a remarkable hearing. It was notable because it was held in Albuquerque, not Washington, D.C., because of its subject matter, “Problems of Electrical Power Production in the Southwest,” but mostly because of the impassioned testimony delivered by a diverse array of witnesses …

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