On the evening of February 13th, the New Mexico State Senate followed the lead of the State House and passed House Bill 41 (HB41) to establish a clean transportation fuel standard (CTFS) in the state. The bill requires the Environmental Improvement Board to adopt standards that would reduce the CI of transportation fuels by 20% from the 2018 levels by 2030 and 30% by 2040. On March 5th, Governor Michelle Luhan Grisham signed the bill into law. With the governor’s signature, New Mexico becomes the fourth U.S. state to adopt a Low Carbon Fuel (LCF) program.
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