Separating Fact from Fiction: Understanding the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advanced Clean Trucks Rules in New Mexico
Join electric vehicle experts from WRA and NRDC as we:
- Detail the rulemaking process in New Mexico
- Breakdown the Advanced Clean Cars II and Advance Clean Trucks regulations
- Separate fact from fiction on these critical environmental policies
- Discuss the role of state level action and our path forward, despite federal uncertainty
- Moderate a robust Q&A
Panelists
Aaron Kressig
Transportation Electrification Manager, Western Resource Advocates
Aaron leads WRA’s transportation electrification work across the region to develop and implement policies which will accelerate the widespread adoption of electric vehicles and other technologies with the potential to significantly reduce emissions from the transportation sector. His work focuses on securing policies and plans which will maximize the environmental and economic benefits that electrified transportation can offer the intermountain West. Aaron is based in Denver but works on transportation electrification policies across all of WRA’s states.
Kathy Harris
Director, Clean Vehicles, Climate & Energy, NRDC
Kathy leads NRDC’s work on clean vehicle policies and programs that accelerate the transition to zero-emission passenger cars and trucks. Prior to joining NRDC, she worked for the state of Delaware as a planner, addressing a variety of statewide and regional policies and programs to mitigate greenhouse gases in the transportation sector. She also served as the Delaware Clean Cities coordinator. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and a master’s degree in marine policy from the University of Delaware. She is based in NRDC’s New York office.
Guillermo Ortiz
Senior Clean Vehicles Advocate, Climate & Energy, NRDC
Guillermo works to advance clean transportation policies that safeguard public health with a focus on restorative justice for the communities facing the brunt of tailpipe pollution. Prior to joining NRDC, Ortiz led efforts at the University of California to integrate climate justice principles into systemwide policy and strategic planning decisions. He developed his expertise in policy development and analysis at the Center for American Progress and as a congressional staffer in the U.S. Senate. Ortiz holds a bachelor’s degree in global environmental change & sustainability from Johns Hopkins University and is an alumnus of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s public policy fellowship program. He is based in NRDC’s San Francisco office.
Moderator
Tammy Fiebelkorn
New Mexico Government Affairs Manager, WRA
Tammy advances innovative legislative and administrative policy solutions to address New Mexico’s most pressing conservation challenges. She works to achieve WRA’s policy priorities via relationship-building with government officials, coalition-building with diverse stakeholders, and trust-building with overburdened communities.
