New Mexico Governor Lectures on Clean Cars While Driving Gas Guzzling SUV

September 10, 2019

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham will be quick to tell you how much she loves electric cars because they’re so good for the environment. However, don’t ask her to live by the standards she expects for all New Mexicans.

According to a review by Power The Future, Governor Lujan Grisham traveled an estimated 6,000 miles by car and took 15 flights across the country from May through July while utilizing fossil fuel-based transportation. This despite her promise to “promote the purchase and use of electric vehicles in our state, in order to help make it a center of that growing industry.”

Among the Governor’s fossil fuel powered trips during the three-month span:

• Driving to Vail, Colorado to discuss electric vehicles
• Flying to Salt Lake City to sign on to the “Clean Car Promise”
• Driving over 1,500 miles just between Santa Fe and Albuquerque including a trip to meet Tom Hanks

To be clear, there is nothing wrong with driving a large SUV. However, if you’re going to lecture others on the virtue of green driving, you want to get a little more street cred.