2013 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:09:06 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT, ENERGY: SunZia transmission line and White Sands Missile Range (NM)
 
General: SunZia impairs mission


By John Robertson 
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
September 19, 2013

LAS CRUCES – The commanding general of White Sands Missile Range says there is no question that the proposed siting of a renewable energy transmission line across the northern extension of the huge military testing site would impair national defense missions.

Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham said in an interview here Thursday that the Department of Defense is trying to find a “win-win solution” on the controversial SunZia transmission line proposal. But she also said: “It's going to have a negative impact on our mission.”

“I’m not going to sit here and tell you that allowing the line will mean the end of White Sands Missile Range,” Bingham said after addressing the Domenici Public Policy Conference at New Mexico State University. “But it will mean the end of some of the programs.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abqjournal.com/266143/news/general-sunzia-impairs-mission.html

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Lenny Siegel
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