New Mexico to enact stricter vehicle emissions standards
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Tuesday that New Mexico will adopt stricter vehicle emissions standards by the end of next year that would go into effect in 2022.
“To combat climate change, to keep New Mexico's citizens safe, to protect the air we all breathe, it's essential we adopt more stringent clean car standards that increase fuel economy and reduce emissions,” Lujan Grisham said at a U.S. Climate Alliance panel in New York City. “It is environmentally and economically counterproductive to stall fuel economy standards, as contemplated by the proposed federal rollbacks.”
In July, Lujan Grisham signed on to the Clean Car Promise with 23 other governors in the bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance. The statement criticized the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to reverse nationwide vehicle emissions standards that were enacted in 2012. The EPA's proposed changes would set a standard of 37 mpg for new vehicles. The Obama-era standard was 54 mpg by 2025. The governor said the proposed rollbacks threaten to “rob New Mexico” of a chance to reduce air pollution.
The state's new standards would be stricter than those now required by the federal government and would come into play earlier than the regulations under Obama.
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