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(2011-01-12)
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It took more than two years of testimony and deliberation to arrive at it, and it took Gov. Susana Martinez about two minutes to decide to undo it. The issue is a new environmental rule that was adopted at the end of December.
The Environmental Improvement Board had debated for months about a proposal to start levying a 3-percent-a-year reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by big industrial polluters. The appointed board finally arrived at a decision to do just that in December. But at the stroke of 12:01 a.m. on January 1st, the newly sworn in governor took steps to stop it. She put out an order to stop all pending rules and regulations that could be business unfriendly. This one qualified, in her view.
The rule was on its way to being published in the state register as required by law when Martinez' lawyer had the state environment department pull it out of the queue and quash it. The environmental group that had pushed for the rule cried foul. Now, they've gone to the state supreme court to have it reinstated. Bruce Frederick of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center tells us more.
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