Estimates Put The Cost of Bill at .35 Cents Per Gallon

Albuquerque – Power The Future Communications Director Larry Behrens issued the following statement after the Legislature failed to pass Governor Lujan Grisham's Green Gas Tax increase in a vote held in the middle of the night:

"The fact that supporters tried to sneak this green gas tax across the finish line in the middle of the night tells you all you ought to know. Thankfully, bipartisan opposition defeated the Governor's green gas tax and in doing so sent a strong message to politicians who try to put the green agenda ahead of our working families.

It's not enough that decisions out of Washington have delivered the highest inflation in 40-years, but now the Governor and her supporters tried to make a bad situation much worse. If New Mexicans ever needed definitive proof that some Santa Fe politicians care more about campaign cash than their constituents, this bill was it."

Gas prices in New Mexico are currently more than 45% higher when compared to the same time last year.