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- May 2023
KRQE: Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Selected to Serve on U.S. Climate Alliance
May 5, 2023
New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham is named to the U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Committee.
“Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has been selected to serve on the United States Climate Alliance Executive Committee as co-chair with New York Governor Kathy Hochul. This will put Lujan Grisham in a place to represent New Mexico in the global movement to combat climate change.
Lujan Grisham has taken some impactful steps in climate change efforts, including issuing an executive order to set statewide greenhouse gas targets, establishing a Climate Change Task Force, championing the Energy Transition Act – to have 80% of New Mexico’s electricity come from renewable sources – and enforcing rules regarding the release of methane and ozone precursors.”
About the Alliance
Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
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