Tell Gov. Lujan Grisham and the Environmental Improvement Board: Clean cars now

Last October, New Mexico announced a plan to adopt advanced clean car standards, which would reduce air pollution and bring more electric vehicles to our state. Yet the state has yet to take action in 2021.

New Mexico desperately needs these rules to make progress on cleaning up global warming pollution from cars and trucks. Waiting until 2022 to adopt these rules would add a whole year of delay before the new rules could have an impact.

A petition to adopt these rules, submitted by a coalition of public interest organizations, will be in front of the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) on June 25. Add your name to urge Gov. Lujan Grisham and the EIB to accept the petition and adopt clean cars for New Mexico.

Subject: Adopt Clean Cars for New Mexico

Your Letter:

Dear Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of the Environmental Improvement Board,

I understand that a petition to adopt the advanced clean car standards in New Mexico will be in front of the Environmental Improvement Board on June 25. I urge you to support the petition and work to ensure that the standards will be fully adopted by the end of 2021.

Transportation accounts for more than one-third of greenhouse gas emissions in New Mexico. By reducing tailpipe pollution and bringing more electric vehicles to New Mexico, the advanced clean cars rule will allow us to protect public health while combating climate change. The clean cars rule will also give consumers more options, making it easier and more affordable for New Mexicans to purchase a low-emission or electric vehicle.

If we wait until 2022 to adopt clean car standards, that will introduce a full year of delay and prevent these rules from having any effect until 2025 at the earliest. We simply can't wait that long when it comes to climate. Passing these rules this year is very important. I urge you to act.

Sincerely,

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