Subcommittee advances bill to jump‑start low‑carbon building materials in New Mexico

A Senate conservation subcommittee voted to give do‑pass recommendation to House Bill 153, a three‑part, voluntary program to accelerate use and production of low‑carbon construction materials in New Mexico.

The bill creates an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) program to certify manufacturers’ product carbon footprints, an Industrial Carbon Reduction incentive that sponsors described as roughly $85 per metric ton of CO2 reduced plus capital grants for manufacturers, and a contractor rebate intended to bring low‑carbon products toward cost parity with conventional materials. The sponsor said the package aims to reduce industrial emissions, strengthen domestic supply chains and create manufacturing jobs.

Why it matters: the industrial sector accounts for a significant share of greenhouse gas emissions and the bill is designed to use state incentives to both build supply (manufacturing capacity) and grow demand…