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Economy
New Mexico U-turn on draconian environmental regulations?
2011-01-06
I can hear the leftie screams from here in Virginia....
New Mexico, the only state besides California to move forward on comprehensive global warming regulations, is reversing course under a new Republican governor, Susana Martinez. The move threatens to cripple the Western Climate Initiative, a California-driven effort to enact a regional trading program to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
You forgot to mention that it was implemented against the N.M. Legislature's and the citizens' wishes. Which the lefties consider a feature, not a bug.
Martinez, who replaced Democrat Bill Richardson, announced on Tuesday that she is removing all members of New Mexico's Environmental Improvement Board because of what she said was its "anti-business" policies.
Good!
After a heated debate that ignored their duty to those pesky tax-paying citizens who nonetheless are expected to pay for it, the board last year approved measures to limit the emissions of the state's largest polluters and to join the regional cap-and-trade program.
Posted by:Barbara Skolaut

#4  In New Mexico, accusing someone of Texas sympathies is the worst insult possible.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-01-06 14:35  

#3  
Posted by: ryuge   2011-01-06 14:23  

#2  I am glad to hear that NM woke up before it was too late.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-01-06 13:34  

#1  One of the local news websites had postings of the usual greenies engaged in attack ad hominem calling the new governor part of the Texas oil mafia. Gee, choosing a future that looks like the imploding California redistributionist socialist state and Gaia religion or the practical sustainability of Texas is not going to much of contest. Jobs, energy, and revenue to support necessary government functions is a no brainer [which also explains the state of the knee jerk greenies].
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-01-06 13:30  

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