President Joe Biden plans to travel to New Mexico next week as part of a three-state trip. Here's what we know

SANTA FE — President Joe Biden is set to visit New Mexico next week as part of a three-state swing through the West promoting efforts to combat climate change.

The visit, which includes stops in Arizona and Utah, comes amid historically hot, dry weather and follows last year’s devastating wildfire season in New Mexico.

A White House official said Biden is expected to tout provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act — passed a year ago — addressing climate change and promoting clean energy and manufacturing.

The law includes incentives designed to expand investment in wind and solar energy and reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.

New Mexico, meanwhile, is the nation’s No. 2 oil-producing state — behind Texas — and its state budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue.

Democratic legislators and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat who won reelection last year, have passed laws intended to address climate change, including landmark legislation requiring utilities to shift to carbon-free energy generation by 2045.

The governor this summer also proposed a rule directing automakers to send more zero-emission vehicles to New Mexico for sale.

In a written statement, Lujan Grisham spokeswoman Caroline Sweeney said the governor looks forward to the Biden visit.

“In the last year,” Sweeney said, “the state has taken great strides in being a national leader in cradle-to-career educational investments, diversifying the energy industries, and supporting the economic well-being of families across New Mexico — all things New Mexicans can be proud of.”

Lujan Grisham also has faced some criticism from the left for the veto of climate-focused tax incentives earlier this year, and a lawsuit filed this year accuses the state of failing to curb oil and gas pollution.

The Republican Party of New Mexico blasted Biden ahead of the visit, saying his push for new fuel standards would drive up the cost of cars and trucks.

“This trip shows how out-of-touch President Joe Biden is,” GOP Chairman Steve Pearce said in a written statement. “He is coming to encourage Governor Lujan Grisham to continue her plans to kill the largest source of revenue in New Mexico.”

Biden’s time would be better spent, he said, listening to New Mexicans concerned about rising food prices and “the influx of fentanyl, crime, violent cartels, and child traffickers coming through our border daily.”

Biden’s last visit to New Mexico was in the final days before last year’s midterm election. He also traveled to the state amid the devastating wildfires last summer.

Last year’s massive Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire started as two prescribed burns by the U.S. Forest Service before growing out of control, as did the Cerro Pelado Fire.

Biden’s three-state trip is scheduled for Monday to Thursday next week. It isn’t clear which day or days the president will be in New Mexico, or where he will visit.

The desert Southwest is enduring extreme heat this summer, and some cities in New Mexico have set records for high temperatures.