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New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Programs. April 2008. Governor Richardson on Climate Change. Set state GHG reduction targets & established stakeholder group (CCAG) in 2005 2000 levels by 2012 10% below 2000 by 2020 75% below 2000 by 2050 69 CCAG recommendations, 67 unanimous
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New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Programs April 2008
Governor Richardson on Climate Change Set state GHG reduction targets & established stakeholder group (CCAG) in 2005 • 2000 levels by 2012 • 10% below 2000 by 2020 • 75% below 2000 by 2050 • 69 CCAG recommendations, 67 unanimous • December 2006 Executive Order
What we have accomplished • GHG inventory • Climate Change Advisory Group Recommendations • VISTAs • Chicago Climate Exchange Member • Reports (oil and gas/cars) • Mandatory GHG emissions reporting rule • Adopted CA clean car standards
What we are working on • Implementation of greenhouse gas reporting rule • Coordination of clean cars regulation • Oil and Gas exploration, production, processing and gathering greenhouse gas emissions reporting protocol • Anti-Idling • Tax credits for energy generation facilities
Statewide Initiatives • Western Climate Initiative • The Climate Registry • Lead-by-example reductions in state greenhouse gas emissions • Carbon sequestration study and rules • Green building codes • Climate Change Action Implementation Team
Roles and Resources • Who: mostly Air Quality Bureau • Resource needs: much more than we have • Funding sources: using NSR permit fees fund • Scope of effort: Expanding exponentially…(we live in fear of another EO)
Climate Change Action Team • Membership includes: EMNRD, Tax and Rev., DOT, Regulation and Licensing, GSD, State Engineer, Economic Development, Finance and Administration • Joint efforts: support of energy efficiency initiatives through EMNRD, limited coordination with DOT, tax regulation with Tax and Revenue
Western Climate Initiative • Likely need some statutory change for at least parts of the program • Air staff are monitoring and observing, we know we’ll be tagged with much of implementation • Legislature granted one position to work on greenhouse gas initiatives starting summer 2008
Benefits of WCI membership • Coordination with other states on mandatory reporting rule implementation • Coordination with other states on cap and trade issues • Commiserate with other Air Directors regarding the difficulty and challenges of the tasks we face
Prospects for upcoming federal actions • Who can guess? • Benefits to states from proposed bills (funding, reduce leakage, smaller states can draw from other states’ expertise) • May pre-empt state and regional cap-and-trade • May allow states to tailor state program to remaining issues after cap and trade • Issues with EJ
How GHG emissions tie into our traditional CAA work • Four Corners region (ok, at least NM) ozone nonattainment designation very likely • Many oil and gas reductions for ozone precursors will also address ghg emission reductions • Some ability to integrate inventory for criteria pollutants and GHG emissions