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Kirk Siegler

Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals

An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas. (Kirk Siegler/NPR)

FARMINGTON, N.M. — It's late afternoon in Farmington, and the sun is casting an orange glow on sandstone cliffs where new mountain bike trails have been carved into the powdery dirt beneath.

A group of middle school girls are learning trail etiquette and practicing climbing hairpin turns.

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