ABQjournal: Study: N.M.’s Emissions Heavy; State Is Double National Average By John Fleck, Journal Staff Writer

New Mexicans emit twice as much greenhouse gases per capita as the national average, according to a new study commissioned by state government.

The gases — from power plants, oil and gas production, cars and farms — are implicated in global climate change, and the new data will form the basis for a statewide initiative to curb the emissions, state Environment Secretary Ron Curry said Tuesday. …

According to the inventory, 37 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions come from electric generation plants; 22 percent comes from oil and gas production, and 16 percent comes out of the tailpipes of cars and trucks. Agriculture accounts for 6 percent of the emissions, with methane belched or exhaled by cows among the largest agricultural sources.

[mjh: and the other 19%?]