- January 27, 2022
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Economy
This legislative session we can bring over $470 million in clean energy investments and close to 4,000 jobs to New Mexico all within the next eight years. And, these investments and jobs will improve the air we breathe while protecting our water and land. Strengthening our economy and improving our environment are possible if lawmakers pass Senate Bill 14, the Clean Fuel Standard Act.
The legislation, a top priority for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, would require cleaner transportation fuels, setting standards of 20% cleaner by 2030 and 30% by 2040. When we reach the 2030 goal, that means we’ll have eliminated a lot of harmful emissions – the equivalent of the tailpipe emissions from driving 570,000 gas-powered vehicles for a year.
And data – not politics – have shown clean fuel standards don’t just reduce emissions and pollution, they have minimal impact on fuel costs. States with more than a decade of experience with a clean…
