Energy Hypocrisy on the Agenda As New Mexico’s Legislative Session Kicks Off

January 19, 2021

From the radical eco-left to the politicians who love them, New Mexico’s 2021 Legislative session will have no shortage of energy hypocrisy when it kicks off today.

As lawmakers get set to craft a state budget, each one of them should send a thank you note to New Mexico’s energy workers. A recent analysis shows energy workers contributed $2.8 BILLION to the state budget this year, despite a worldwide pandemic. To put it in simpler terms: Over 33 cents for every dollar spent by the state is from the energy industry.

Despite this fact, the eco-left and their political allies are working overtime to destroy energy jobs in the upcoming session. Proposals on the table include a fracking moratorium and changes to New Mexico’s Green New Deal law, just to name a few.

Every eco-left politician who works to destroy energy jobs will spend the next 60 days spending the money those jobs produce. No doubt hypocrisy is truly a renewable resource in New Mexico.