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As much of the country suffers from the polar vortex that has brought record lows and winter storms, legislators at the Roundhouse are examining the Climate Solutions Act. House Bill 9 looks at New Mexico’s issues with climate change while implementing economic reform in addressing the state’s energy consumption. For Your New Mexico Government’s continuing coverage of the legislative session KUNM’s Khalil Ekulona spoke with Laura Paskus from New Mexico PBS. LAURA PASKUS: One of the things that I think you and I have talked about in the past and is a really big point of discussion right now is New Mexico needs to diversify its economy, we need to diversify our economy away from reliance on fossil fuels, not just because that's an industry that is causing climate change. But it's also an industry that does not have a strong long term outlook. And so New Mexico, you know, we've kind of been kicking this idea around for about 40 years now that we need to diversify our economy. But it's