Energy

New Mexico, with its abundant wind and solar resources, can and should be America’s epicenter of the clean energy economy. As a member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, I will continue to work every day to ensure this becomes a reality.

As an engineer, I know that in order to reverse the devastating effects of climate change, our country must continue to invest in clean energy production, energy efficiency, and reduce carbon pollution. I support implementing energy efficiency initiatives to help our country do more with the power we have. New Mexico is well positioned to lead this effort.

Transitioning to clean energy sources and making America energy independent will not only create jobs, but help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and strengthen our national security.  

Latest

  • Albuquerque Journal: NM needs to focus on clean energy

    Climate change is one of the greatest economic challenges, and opportunities, of this century. We can deny that our climate is warming, and remain stuck behind our economic competitors in the developed - and increasingly, in the developing – world. Or we can move forward with a clean energy economy that will create jobs and protect the environment, with New Mexico leading the way. Read More

  • Heinrich Votes Against Keystone XL Pipeline

    U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, released the following statement today after voting against the Keystone XL Pipeline legislation: Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich Seek Additional Resources for WIPP

    As Congress finalizes its fiscal year 2015 spending bills, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced today they are seeking continued support for funding for the recovery of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, N.M. Read More

  • Udall, Heinrich, Luján Urge DOE to Maximize Local Subcontracting

    Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representative Ben Ray Luján sent a letter to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) strongly encouraging them to maintain requirements from the existing National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contract that support local community engagement as oversight of legacy environmental cleanup work at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) transitions from NNSA to EM. In the letter to acting assistant secretary for environmental management, James "Mark" Whitney, the lawmakers highlighted the critical importance of LANL's subcontracting with local businesses to employment and economic development in Northern New Mexico, and asked that EM maintains each of NNSA's specific contracting requirements that helps maximize economic opportunities for local workers and businesses. Read More