Climate Change

New Mexico Moves Forward On CO2 Sequestration Efforts

Two weeks ago, the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Oil Conservation Division, held its first Stakeholder’s Meeting to discuss GreenHouse Gas emissions (GHGs) (i.e., carbon dioxide and methane) by the oil and gas industry.  This meeting was mandated by Governor Bill Richardson’s recent executive orders requiring reductions in GHGs in New Mexico.

Shaping the Climate Change Policy in Your State

Earlier this week I attended a meeting of the Utah Climate Change Stakeholders Task Force, which was created to provide policy recommendations to the Governor’s Blue-Ribbon Climate Change Commission.  Similar groups have been created in other states, including New Mexico, Arizona and California.  The Task Force is considering an extensive menu of policy options culled from a variety of state and federal initiatives, ranging from energy efficiency standards to tax incentives for conservation to emissions trading to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gases.