{"id":48432,"date":"2026-01-20T12:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48432"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:39:00","slug":"six-years-on-new-mexico-still-hasnt-codified-governors-climate-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/six-years-on-new-mexico-still-hasnt-codified-governors-climate-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Years on, New Mexico Still Hasn\u2019t Codified Governor\u2019s Climate Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As the legislative session opens, lawmakers again will weigh a pledge to reduce emissions. Last year, two Democrats joined the GOP to sink it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>by Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8080801f\"><em><strong>This <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/six-years-on-new-mexico-still-hasnt-codified-governors-climate-goals\">story<\/a> was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/\">Capital and Main<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oil and Gas Reform Bills Expected in 2026 Session\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JITF_vHCBng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Mexico\u2019s 2026<\/strong> legislative session marks the last chance for Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s policy initiatives to become law while she\u2019s still in office: Her term-limited tenure winds up at the end of the year. Meanwhile, the session begins, as ever, with concerns over revenue from the state\u2019s biggest private-sector funder, the oil and gas industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Booming oil production in New Mexico\u2019s portion of the Permian Basin has driven state budgets to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/public-health-new-mexico\/2025-03-20\/nm-senate-passes-record-10-8b-budget-for-fy-2026-with-additions\">record highs<\/a> in recent years. But in 2025, the state\u2019s oil production rose only slightly while crude oil prices dropped dramatically \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/investing\/future\/cl.1?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqe80bioBBdj2wdZFxo5HZbZBQCUHlkM0E7Zbamp4mAHRNbhLh_fduPH3NgEbYw%3D&amp;gaa_ts=6967d1d4&amp;gaa_sig=w3i05pIdnklFHK9hPe5mWqQ5OOMqEgz5wPiZwwiblt4xDy5MDgdbuYFTYNnxN40jHL5f8EN23bcFUScQ9G0cKg%3D%3D\">down roughly 25%<\/a> since President Donald Trump returned to office last January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its December revenue report, state economists with the Legislative Finance Committee said, The state\u2019s \u201ccurrent price softness now outweighs production growth as the dominant downward influence on revenue projections.\u201d Put plainly, slower production increases coupled with much lower oil prices will lead to a shallower growth curve in future revenues for the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if it\u2019s slowing, that production still creates a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/in-this-tiny-new-mexico-town-the-air-quality-is-worse-than-in-downtown-l-a\">pollution<\/a>. Lujan Grisham\u2019s third executive order upon taking office in 2019 was to set the state on a path to a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. Despite repeated attempts in the Legislature, that goal has not yet been codified in law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the state\u2019s Climate Action Plan released last month upped the challenge, angling for an 82% reduction by 2050, with carbon offsets covering the remainder to achieve net zero emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carbon offsets \u2014 in which a company reduces or removes carbon from the environment in one place to offset emissions elsewhere \u2014 may be the controversial change that finally gets the governor\u2019s 2019 policy over the line and signed into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is the session to pass comprehensive climate legislation,\u201d said Camilla Feibelman, director of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Legislation\/Legislation?Chamber=S&amp;LegType=B&amp;LegNo=4&amp;year=25\">Clear Horizons &amp; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act<\/a> was the latest attempt to codify Lujan Grisham\u2019s executive order. All attempts have died, with last year\u2019s effort being <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/in-democratic-new-mexico-oil-and-gas-legislation-doesnt-pass#:~:text=in%20a%20Senate%20Finance%20Committee%20hearing\">voted down<\/a> when two Democrats \u2014 Sens. Benny Shendo (D-Jemez Pueblo) and George Mu\u00f1oz (D-Gallup) \u2014 joined all Republicans in a Senate committee hearing to kill it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like earlier versions, it called for direct reduction and removal of greenhouse gases at their sources. That requirement met stiff opposition from the oil and gas industry, which would have to dramatically reduce leaks, venting and flaring across the board. The act died following an ad campaign by the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association decrying the bill and the bill\u2019s main sponsor, Sen. Mimi Stewart (D-Bernalillo), who is also president pro tempore of the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stewart again is the main sponsor of a new version of the Clear Horizons &amp; Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act, this year\u2019s attempt to cement the governor\u2019s executive order into law. But the senator\u2019s bill has changed over the past 12 months. She described its main points in a phone call, since it had not been filed as of publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOverall, the bill is shorter and leaner,\u201d she said. In addition, it specifically exempts people or businesses emitting less than 10,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually. Earlier versions of the bill \u201cnever attempted to scoop in those small emitters,\u201d Stewart said, and the explicit carve-out should make it more palatable to more legislators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest change comes in how reductions can be counted. The new bill would allow certified reductions through carbon offsets as opposed to direct reductions at the point of pollution. Stewart said offsets could include soil and agriculture improvements or carbon capture projects. She stipulated that the offsets \u201chave to be in New Mexico, and they have to be real, permanent, quantifiable, verifiable and enforceable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stewart added: \u201cThe certification process will be in-house, will be in state\u201d and will be conducted by the New Mexico Environment Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to farm this out to a bogus certification company,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the change adding offsets emerged after meetings with small and large oil and gas producers, including EOG Resources Inc., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips Co. Stewart said the Chevron representative was Patrick Killen, a registered lobbyist who for the past few election cycles has been the largest single contributor to New Mexico politicians \u2014 more than $2.3 million between 2021 and 2025 \u2014 on behalf of his employer, according to state campaign finance records. He did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stewart said she did not meet with the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association. \u201cThat was not very helpful last year,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s much better to actually meet with the oil and gas industry themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked about the return of the bill, Missi Currier, president and CEO of the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association, said only, \u201cIf [it is] filed, NMOGA will request feedback from membership to determine a position on the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Coleman, director of communications for Lujan Grisham, said, \u201cThe governor is interested in all technologies that can help reduce our carbon footprint, and she appreciates [Stewart\u2019s] work to provide options for companies doing business and technology development in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years now globally, carbon offsets have been a controversial form of greenhouse emission reduction that often don\u2019t meet stated goals and have been tainted by allegations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-sdny\/pr\/us-attorney-announces-criminal-charges-multi-year-fraud-scheme-market-carbon-credits\">fraud<\/a>. Industrial-scale carbon capture and sequestration projects also have a <a href=\"https:\/\/oilchange.org\/publications\/ccs-data\/\">checkered history<\/a> of not meeting either budgetary or sequestration <a href=\"https:\/\/ieefa.org\/resources\/gorgon-shows-ccs-aims-are-built-technical-uncertainty\">goals.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, executive director of the nonprofit Western Environmental Law Center, said that his group will not take a position on the bill until it is publicly filed. But, he said, \u201cOffsets are fraught with peril and deeply problematic.\u201d He pointed to the history of verification problems associated with them and added, \u201cWe also don\u2019t like them because the fossil fuel industry uses them to greenwash their operations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the offsets may be \u201ca necessary concession to secure buy-in from certain industry-friendly legislators,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do understand the political logic,\u201d Schlenker-Goodrich said. \u201cThe question is whether the logic works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the bill passes this session, it would require implementation rules to be drawn up and approved by the Environment Department\u2019s Environmental Improvement Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schlenker-Goodrich said the new rules wouldn\u2019t be \u201ca guarantee of success by any means, but it does provide some assurance that the bill would be implemented in a pragmatic and effective manner.\u201d There will be \u201clots of angels and devils in the details,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOffsets can mean a lot of different things, and with strong, technical rulemaking I think we can avoid the worst,\u201d Feibelman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Clear Horizons Act isn\u2019t the only climate- and oil-and-gas-related bill that will be debated this session. Stewart said she will propose a big bump in tax credits for new solar installations, increasing the current 10% state tax credit to 30% to make up for the loss of a federal 30% credit that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/07\/16\/nx-s1-5462190\/trump-tax-credit-solar-ev-heat-pump\">killed<\/a> by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The New Mexico Oil and Gas Association is also looking forward to some legislation. Last session, regular public comments called for the industry to clean up abandoned well sites and other infrastructure. Republican legislators pushed back, <a href=\"https:\/\/sg001-harmony.sliq.net\/00293\/Harmony\/en\/PowerBrowser\/PowerBrowserV2\/20250220\/-1\/76560?startposition=20250220102317&amp;mediaEndTime=20250220102627&amp;viewMode=3&amp;globalStreamId=3\">arguing<\/a> that money from the state Reclamation Fund \u2014 the purpose of which is, in part, to pay those costs \u2014 was siphoned off to pay for items in the state\u2019s general budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reporting last year by Capital &amp; Main <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/new-mexicos-billion-dollar-oilfield-orphans\">highlighted<\/a> how oil and gas producers can fail, leaving behind unplugged wells and leaking equipment to degrade in New Mexico\u2019s high desert climate. Depending on the size of the failure, a cleanup can cost state and federal agencies millions. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Entity\/LFC\/Documents\/Program_Evaluation_Reports\/LFC%20Policy%20Spotlight%20-%20Orphaned%20Wells%20-%20Final.pdf\">report<\/a> published last summer by the Legislative Finance Committee warned that the state could be responsible for $700 million to $1.6 billion in cleanup costs in coming years. In April last year, the Reclamation Fund had $66.7 million, its highest balance ever, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currier and others want to update the fund to make sure more of that money goes toward oil and gas field cleanup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Reclamation Fund, funded exclusively by the oil and gas industry, is the state\u2019s best and most underutilized resource to ensure our lands are returned to their native state safely and efficiently,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">* * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year\u2019s legislative session ended in March with four huge numbers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$10.8 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$10 billion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$400 million.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$300 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The first figure is the total state budget passed by the Legislature in 2025 \u2014 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/public-health-new-mexico\/2025-03-20\/nm-senate-passes-record-10-8b-budget-for-fy-2026-with-additions\">record.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second is the amount Rep. Derrick J. Lente (D-Sandia Pueblo) <a href=\"https:\/\/sg001-harmony.sliq.net\/00293\/Harmony\/en\/PowerBrowser\/PowerBrowserV2\/20250318\/-1\/77104?startposition=20250318155959&amp;mediaEndTime=20250318160140&amp;viewMode=3&amp;globalStreamId=3\">claimed<\/a> oil and gas companies made in profits in New Mexico in 2024. He brought this up during a committee hearing as an argument in favor of an increase in oil taxes so they would match the tax paid on natural gas extracted in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The third is the amount that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/Sessions\/25%20Regular\/firs\/HB0548.PDF\">proposed oil tax increase<\/a> could have added to state coffers this year had it passed in its original form, according to the Legislative Finance Committee. That proposal, following several debates, shrinkage and its addition to another tax bill, eventually died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the last number is the amount that the Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club tallied as money spent on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riograndesierraclub.org\/2025-legislative-analysis\/#:~:text=In%20this%20year%E2%80%99s%20budget%20alone%20there%20are%20close%20to%20%24300M%20in%20climate%20solutions%20and%20economic%20transition%20investments\">climate change mitigation<\/a> and economic programs in the state\u2019s final budget last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if the oil tax change will reappear at this session. Its sponsors, Reps. Nathan Small (D-Do\u00f1a Ana) and Meredith Dixon (D-Bernalillo), did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is clear that New Mexico faces another warm and dry winter. \u201cThis winter has just been the epitome of what a climate change winter is,\u201d said Feibelman, the Sierra Club director. \u201cThere is no explanation for what\u2019s going on except for climate change\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December 2025 was the warmest December on record for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.krqe.com\/news\/new-mexico\/december-2025-was-the-warmest-on-record-in-these-new-mexico-communities\/\">many towns and cities<\/a> in New Mexico. The year was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncei.noaa.gov\/news\/national-climate-202513\">fourth-warmest<\/a> on record for the country and the <a href=\"https:\/\/climate.copernicus.eu\/copernicus-2025-was-third-hottest-year-record\">third-warmest<\/a> for the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just no longer possible to ignore what climate change looks like or the people who power climate change,\u201d Feibelman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalandmain.com\/\">Capital and Main<\/a>, a NMPBS partner. Copyright 2026 Capital &amp; Main.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the legislative session opens, lawmakers again will weigh a pledge to reduce emissions. Last year, two Democrats joined the GOP to sink it. by Jerry Redfern, Capital and Main This story was originally published at Capital and Main, a NMPBS partner. 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