New Mexico’s Environment Improvement Board approves clean fuels rules

In New Mexico, the Clean Fuels Alliance America applauds the New Mexico Environment Improvement Board for approving the rules for New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program. This action marks a significant expansion of low-carbon fuel policy beyond the West Coast, demonstrating that a state that leads in energy production can also lead in meaningful decarbonization.

Signed into law in March 2024, House Bill 41 made New Mexico the fourth state in the nation to adopt a low carbon fuel standard. The policy requires providers of transportation fuels to reduce the average carbon intensity of fuels sold in the state by 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2040, compared to a 2018 baseline.