Comments on: Taos wind farm hits turbulence http://newmexicoindependent.com/756/taos-wind-farm-hits-turbulence New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: albers http://newmexicoindependent.com/756/taos-wind-farm-hits-turbulence#comment-654 albers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.121.217/?p=756#comment-654 What no one has mentioned yet is that the proposed sites lie smack in the middle of the the national conservation area that Senator Bingaman and the Wilderness Alliance have been working towards for so long. I feel that Taos Wind Power has tried to jump start the permit process for their energy development projects before Congress gets to vote on the conservation legislation. Their wind farm sites adjoin state and BLM land, and would have major development/industrial zoning if the Taos County planning commission moves forward. I propose that Taos County wait until Congress decides whether or not to make northern Taos County a conservation area before approving industrial and energy development projects in that area. What no one has mentioned yet is that the proposed sites lie smack in the middle of the the national conservation area that Senator Bingaman and the Wilderness Alliance have been working towards for so long. I feel that Taos Wind Power has tried to jump start the permit process for their energy development projects before Congress gets to vote on the conservation legislation. Their wind farm sites adjoin state and BLM land, and would have major development/industrial zoning if the Taos County planning commission moves forward. I propose that Taos County wait until Congress decides whether or not to make northern Taos County a conservation area before approving industrial and energy development projects in that area.

]]> By: pancheetah http://newmexicoindependent.com/756/taos-wind-farm-hits-turbulence#comment-655 pancheetah Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://70.32.121.217/?p=756#comment-655 Meanwhile New Mexico is slated to have its first working geothermal power plant working in Hidalgo County within the next week or so according to a report from Raser Technologies at http://www.rasertech.com/news/scripts/full-news.php?1215006180 If anyone has further info on this, please share. Meanwhile New Mexico is slated to have its first working geothermal power plant working in Hidalgo County within the next week or so according to a report from Raser Technologies at

http://www.rasertech.com/news/scripts/full-news.php?1215006180

If anyone has further info on this, please share.

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