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Report gauges economic impact of Ariz. power plant

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:56am

PAGE, Ariz. -- Arizona could lose $18 billion in gross state product over more than 25 years if a coal-fired power plant in Page shuts down.

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Proposed Kanab gas plant draws opposition

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 29, 2011 - 3:55pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A proposed plant that would convert coal and other materials to natural gas is facing stiff opposition from some Kanab residents.

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(Associated Press file photo) A scenic view from the Emerald Pools Trails looking east in Zion National Park in Southern Utah in 2009. A petition contends the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington, N.M., has harmed air at 16 national parks and wilderness areas in Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado.

Groups sue over air pollution at national parks

Felicia Fonseca, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 12:33am

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A group of environmentalists has sued the federal government in an effort to force a declaration on the source of air pollution over national parks and wilderness areas in the West.

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NM community braces for coal plant changes

Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 6:22pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Plans to shutter part of one of the nation's largest coal-fired power plants have been hailed by the conservation community and New Mexico regulators as a victory that will lead to cleaner air for northwestern New Mexico, the Navajo Nation and three neighboring states.

The problem is that environmental victory comes with economic costs, community leaders say.

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Plans for coal-fired plant cause stir in NM

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 7:56pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — For decades, the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant has been sitting in far northwestern New Mexico, churning out electricity for families across the Southwest and pumping out millions of tons of carbon emissions and other pollutants.

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