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MCALLEN, Texas - Futuro RGV President Nedra Kinerk is urging Rio Grande Valley residents to get behind a Texas House resolution that favors geothermal energy production.

House Concurrent Resolution 30 was filed by state Rep. R.D. \\u2018Bobby\\u2019 Guerra of McAllen.\\xa0

\\u201cSupporting geothermal energy production in Texas is one of my top priorities this session. It\\u2019s time to think outside the box and that\\u2019s why I filed HCR 30,\\u201d Guerra said, in a news release.

\\u201cGeothermal energy creates diversity in our energy production portfolio; it will maintain and create new jobs in the energy production sector; and once tapped, this source of energy is truly reliable and uninterruptible. It is carbon-free, renewable, and sustainable.\\u201d

Kinerk expressed her support for HCR 30 after watching a forum Futuro RGV held. McAllen Public Utility Board members Charles Amos and Ric Godinez were asked about the opportunities to create geothermal energy in South Texas. Rio Grande Guardian International News Service editor Steve Taylor of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service was the moderator.\\xa0

\\u201cAfter listening to you, I am wondering if we don\\u2019t need to encourage all of our listeners out there to contact Bobby Guerra and support the geothermal bill that he has presented to the legislature,\\u201d Kinerk told Amos and Godinez. \\u201cIt seems like a win-win situation and certainly for McAllen.\\u201d

The attached audio story features the Futuro discussion about geothermal energy production.

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