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Pearce takes another step backwards on energy
From pearce's press release:
“In New Mexico, and across the country, we’ve seen businesses close up shop and coal miners put out of work due to the crippling regulatory costs of this rule. With EPA’s action today, power will be given back to the states so that economies, like ours in New Mexico, can grow stronger and more competitive. This is real progress towards ending the War on Coal, which has crushed jobs and increased energy costs in our local communities,” stated Rep. Pearce.
Now if he could explain how a step backwards to dirty, obsolete coal is supposed to move New Mexico forward...
