New Mexico Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn says the state has properly prepared for President Barack Obama's efforts to cut greenhouse gases from power plants.
Flynn told The Associated Press on Monday that New Mexico won't be among the many Republican-led states expected to fight the plan because New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez had previously brokered an agreement.
Martinez moved to comply with the rule to allow the state to craft its own path to compliance. Flynn says New Mexico could have faced a federally imposed implementation plan.
The new Environmental Protection Agency rule call for nationwide carbon reduction mandates.
It seeks to reduce U.S. carbon emissions from electric power plants by 30 percent by 2030.
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