âIt is hard to fathom a PRC that within a week of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day would choose to reject some of the cheapest solar and battery projects in the country. Itâs worse that in McKinley County, where the Escalante coal-fired power plant is closing, workers canât count on the 500 construction jobs that the Arroyo project would create. Commissioners Espinoza, Byrd and Becenti Aguilar have failed the climate, workers and New Mexico today. We are deeply, deeply disappointed.â â Camilla Feibelman, director of the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra ClubÂ
New Mexico COVID-19 update: 228 new cases, totaling 195,990
Three additional COVID-19 deaths SANTA FE â New Mexico state health officials on Thursday announced 228 additional COVID-19 cases. Per the state Department of Health,