The transition from petroleum-based to renewable energy is complicated, expensive and a lengthy process.
Those three features were the prologue for a town hall about renewable energy and the path to assuring a “just transition” from an economy dependent on oil and gas production.
Two state legislators from Las Cruces, Democrats Angelica Rubio and Nathan Small, fielded questions from approximately 200 people who packed a small lecture hall at New Mexico State University on Aug. 14.
Among the attendees were a contingent of residents from Sunland Park up in arms about drinking water in their community, ranchers concerned about transmission lines crossing public lands and local residents who came to hear about efforts to mitigate climate change, expand the renewable energy grid and concrete steps available for ordinary citizens. …
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