President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks are setting the stage for a dramatic shift in energy policy, sparking concerns from environmental groups about the future of renewable energy initiatives in New Mexico. For a state heavily reliant on oil and gas production, this could signal a welcome return to policies that prioritize energy dominance and economic stability.
Chris Wright, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Energy, has made his position clear: “There is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition, either,” he said in a 2023 LinkedIn video. Wright, a vocal critic of climate alarmism, sees the global climate movement as “collapsing under its own weight” and advocates for expanding fossil fuel production. This vision aligns with Trump’s commitment to revitalizing the oil and gas sector, a cornerstone of New Mexico’s economy.
Wright has done extensive research on climate change and proven that the massive investments being proposed and enacted in law do little to nothing to change the planet’s climate, as set forth in the extensive Bettering Human Lives report, which all Americans are recommended to read here.
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, has also pledged to support the administration’s push for energy dominance, reinforcing the importance of fossil fuels to national security and economic growth.
New Mexico’s eco-leftists, as always, are sounding alarms. Camilla Feibelman of the Sierra Club’s Rio Grande Chapter claims, “Unfortunately, I think pretty much every bedrock environmental rule and protection is on the chopping block, and it will be up to us to protect those rules.”
She points to events like the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire as evidence of a worsening climate crisis, arguing that emissions from the state’s oil and gas industry exacerbate these issues.
Critics like Feibelman argue that so-called “clean energy” policies will prevail due to economic trends despite federal rollbacks. “People can continue this ideological mumbo jumbo about, ‘There’s no climate change,’ or, you know, ‘We should stick to fossil fuels,’ but the economics just don’t show that,” she said.
“Cut off the incentives for these clean energy measures and accelerate unregulated fossil fuel development like Trump promises and we’re pushed back decades as temperatures continue to rise,” Stefi Weisburd of the George Soros-funded dark money group 350 New Mexico wrote.
Others, like Mariel Nanasi of New Energy Economy, warn of corporate misbehavior under less stringent federal oversight, claiming states must step up. “We need New Mexico’s regulatory bodies to be more vigilant than ever before,” she said.
Despite these concerns, New Mexico’s role as a major energy producer remains critical for funding state services and ensuring national energy independence. Environmental fears cannot overshadow the state’s reliance on its oil and gas revenues.
Well they better get used to Freaking Out.🇺🇸
Ha Ha! So true!!!
Well said, better get used to it. Cry me a river.
Tough s**t. They’re against Trump’s immigration policy too.
It’s extraordinarily wrong that the same people (environmental extremists) who pushed to stop logging and undergrowth clearing via cattle ranching in our forests are now blaming this problem on climate change. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that when you quadruple the number of trees in our forests, that every tree now is getting a quarter as much water as it was decades ago. And those dry trees now support massive wildfires precisely due to these stupid and dangerous environmentalist policies.
So true. There were fewer forest fires when logging companies were able to manage the forests.
“Climate Change” causes forest fires? Now I have heard it all! I hope that all these people that lie and use government to destroy our country will soon be in court or jail. January 20th cannot come soon enough.
The rest of the world isn’t taking any clean energy measures to control the “climate crisis.” America is economically impacted by its efforts to control the climate and the rest of the world is status quo. We live on a world billions of years old that has gone through thousands of climate change periods…. we are experiencing the latest one and there is nothing we can do about it.
All those enviro-idiots blame everything on fake “climate change”, even terrorism. Those wackos belong in a mental institution, along with anyone who voted for their politicians.
It is simply astounding to me how utterly stupid the climate “change” “global warming” idiots are. They have zero common sense. Indoctrinated fools.
Don’t click on the link to the “Bettering Human Lives” report. I don’t know where the link goes, but it crashed my browser.