Mayors Step Up in Fight to Protect the Environment
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In this March 3, 2014 image, tumbleweeds crowd the edge of the Rio Grande as it flows through Albuquerque, N.M.
( Susan Montoya Bryan / Associated Press )
( Susan Montoya Bryan / Associated Press )
Produced by Oliver Lazarus