EIB Board Gets Pink Slips from Martinez

Governor Martinez

Capitol Report New Mexico - On her second business day in office, Gov. Susana Martinez – who forcefully opposed the decisions by the state’s Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) instituting a cap and trade program — fired all seven members of the board Tuesday (Jan. 4). The governor’s office announced that the EIB members received an e-mail Tuesday that will be followed by this letter: Dear (Member): Thank you for your service to the State of New Mexico by serving on the Environmental Improvement Board. This letter is to inform you that I am removing you as a member of the Environmental Improvement Board. Your removal is effective immediately. Again, thank you for your service to our state. Read full story here:

EIB Board Gets Pink Slips from Martinez