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For several years now Gov. Lujan Grisham has pushed and Democrats in New Mexico’s Legislature have rejected various bills which would impose a “clean fuel standard” on motorists. The effort claims to be about reducing the “carbon intensity” of fuels put in gas tanks, we at the Rio Grande Foundation have noted that the effort would …

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SB 14, the Clean Fuel Standard, was one of the VERY worst bills in the 2022 legislative session. Here is a write-up on the bill that we did early on in the session which would have resulted in substantial increases in the price of gasoline. But, as if that were not enough, at the very …

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The Senate Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee is holding a hearing today on SB 14, the Clean Fuel Standard. If adopted, this legislation will result in significant increases in the price of gasoline (starting off at 35 cents per gallon). The hearing which is expected to start sometime around 1:30pm can be watched on Zoom: …

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The following is a Twitter thread from a crop scientist who also describes herself as an ex-farmworker and lists her pronouns in her Twitter bio (not likely conservative). It is relevant because there are some very real issues going on in the global economy with regard to fertilizer and fuel prices. The statements below are …

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Today is Earth Day. And, no matter what you might prefer to think, fossil fuels have helped to dramatically improve and lengthen human lives. As the chart below shows, we will continue to rely on those fossil fuels for much of our energy consumption for decades into the future. Interestingly while radical environmentalists love to …

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Gov. Lujan Grisham recently continued her attempt to simultaneously keep the oil and gas revenue spigot flowing while enacting enough policies from the radical environmental agenda to placate her political and fundraising base. Her latest plan, known as the Clean Car Rule, was adopted by her handpicked Environmental Improvement Board (EIB). Governor-appointed boards are far …

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New Mexico’s unelected Environmental Improvement Board has adopted a new “clean car rule” at the urging of Gov. Lujan Grisham. California’s (and New Mexico’s)  standards will require roughly 7% of new cars sold to be zero emission in 2025. In the 3rd quarter of 2021 zero emission vehicles amounted to just 2.29% of new vehicle sales in New Mexico. So, those sales will …

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Last week New Mexico’s unelected Environmental Improvement Board chose to join the list of states that have adopted California’s so-called “Clean Car Rules” Interestingly, because California sets the rules, these rules could be changed whenver California regulators decide to, and they may be poised to do just that. California’s (and New Mexico’s)  standards will require …

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Numerous articles in major publications like Bloomberg are contemplating a serious energy crisis in Europe.  Here is one of many choice quotes: Nations are more reliant than ever on natural gas to heat homes and power industries amid efforts to quit coal and increase the use of cleaner energy sources. But there isn’t enough gas …

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Tomorrow at 8 A.M., the House Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee will meet to hear SB 11, the Clean Fuel Standard Act. This bill would amount to a gas tax with the funds directed straight into the Environment Department, the same bureaucracy that would be tasked with regulating fuel. This kind of legislation has …

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