Welcome to
Tomorrow’s
New Mexico:
The Clear Horizons Act , Community Benefit Fund,
and Innovation in State Government Fund.
The Clear Horizons Act , Community Benefit Fund, and Innovation in State Government Fund.
Together, We’ll Make Our Future Brighter
Welcome to your go-to place for everything about how the Clear Horizons Act and Community Benefit Fund will change our state for the better. Here, we celebrate our promise to keep New Mexico beautiful and prosperous for everyone, now and in the future. Discover how these bills will help our environment, our economy, and our communities.
See the Changes
- Beautiful Land: Keeping New Mexico’s views stunning and air clean.
- Boosting Our Economy: Creating exciting job opportunities in new, green industries.
- Better Communities: Accelerating new projects that are making our communities even better places to live.
Join Us! Your voice can help make a difference.
Get involved and help us make these important changes all over New Mexico.
What We’re Doing with the Clear Horizons Act and
Community Benefit Fund
These bills are about changing how we take care of our state’s people, nature, and resources. Here’s an overview of what these bills do and how they can help New Mexicans:
Understanding Our Goals:
- Cleaner Air: Requiring the state’s largest polluters to cut the contamination that hurts New Mexico families and causes climate change.
- Cleaner Energy: Accelerate the use of wind and solar to power our homes, businesses, cars, and industry. Investing in this kind of energy is investing in New Mexicans.
- Innovation and Jobs: The very technologies that make New Mexico’s industries cleaner are the ones that drive innovation, economic growth in addition to safe and healthy jobs.
- Helping Communities and Supporting Our Future: Cutting pollution and investing in community-based clean energy and resilience projects can help ensure our towns and cities stay wonderful places to live.
Key Points of the Plans:
- Consistent Rules: We’re making sure our approach to reducing pollution and bringing on clean technology is steady and reliable. This helps businesses and communities plan for the future because they know what to expect.
- Smart Spending: We’re putting money into projects that make life better for everyone in our communities. This includes things like building new places to play and learn, and improving how we use energy.
- Careful Planning: We’re making New Mexico a leader in taking care of the environment. This means thinking ahead about how to protect our beautiful state and making smart choices now.
What You Need to Know:
- The Clear Horizons Act: This would codify the Governor’s climate pollution reduction commitments, requiring new rules that place limits on total climate pollution from the state’s largest emitters.
- Community Benefit Fund: This bill would establish a fund using existing state resources – similar to the Land of Enchantment Legacy Fund – to invest in projects to help communities in New Mexico become stronger and healthier. Funding would target things like community clean energy projects, climate resilience to support agriculture and rural communities, local air pollution reduction projects, and others.
From Small Towns to Big Cities: See the Positive Changes
The Clear Horizons Act and Community Benefit Fund will bring real, positive changes that you can see and feel right in your community. These bills are about making sure everyone in New Mexico benefits from cleaner technology and a healthier environment. Here’s how these new rules willmake improve the lives of New Mexicans:
Healthier Living:
- Cleaner Air and Water: By using more clean energy like solar and wind, the bills would reduce pollution. This means the air we breathe and the water we drink will be cleaner and safer.
- Greener Parks and Public Spaces: Investments would be used to improve parks and create more green spaces. This means more beautiful places to play, relax, and get together with friends and family.
Thriving Economy:
- New Jobs in Green Industries: New Mexico is seeing enormous growth in its clean energy economy. These bills would help further accelerate that progress, creating new jobs, family-sustaining for New Mexicans. These are good jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced.
- Support for Local Businesses: With better infrastructure and a focus on local resources, small businesses will have more opportunities to grow. This means a stronger economy right here in New Mexico.
Resilient Communities:
- Better Schools and Roads: Some of the money from these funds will go towards improving our schools and roads. This means safer and quicker travel and better learning environments for students.
- Emergency Preparedness: With better resources and planning, our communities will be better prepared for emergencies like wildfires or floods. This means quicker responses and less damage when disasters happen.
