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San Juan Basin fossil fuel industries keep polluting, even as they fade away

It's time to launch a land-healing and restoration economy

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Jun 09, 2026
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An oil and gas well and the San Juan Generating coal power plant in 2022, just a few months before the coal plant was shuttered and demolished. The area is now home to a utility-scale solar plant, with two more on the way. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

The San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico was once one of the bus…

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