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This commentary originally appeared on our\u00a0EDF Voices:<\/strong>\u00a0People on the Planet\u00a0blog.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

At a time when partisan rancor is the order of the day, this week\u2019s\u00a0news out of Colorado<\/a>\u00a0is a tribute to the power of partnership. On Monday, Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado proposed new regulations for oil and gas operations that, if adopted, will cut both conventional air pollution and climate pollution \u2013 by making Colorado\u00a0the first state in the nation<\/a>\u00a0to tackle the problem of methane emissions. The big announcement showed that industry leaders, state officials and an environmental group like Environmental Defense Fund can sit down together to negotiate a plan to deliver cleaner, safer air. And just in time. As EDF\u2019s Rocky Mountain Regional Director Dan Grossman\u00a0told NPR this week<\/a>, \u201cthe fundamental question [is] whether or not citizens will tolerate oil and gas development.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Election Day, four Colorado communities voted to ban hydraulic fracturing. State officials and industry leaders are getting the message: public trust has been badly damaged, and the only way to restore it is by putting in place strong rules to protect air, water, and communities. Not every community is going to ban oil and gas development, obviously, so we need to protect the many places where it is happening.<\/p>\n

While the new Colorado proposal doesn\u2019t address all the issues surrounding oil and gas development, the governor and the state\u2019s regulators should be applauded for their efforts in bringing forward these commonsense air pollution measures, which were agreed to and\u00a0supported by EDF<\/a>, Anadarko Petroleum, Encana, and Noble Energy. And we\u2019re not the only ones who think so. Newspapers from Los Angeles to Denver to New York wrote in support of the new rules.\u00a0New York Times<\/em>\u00a0columnist Joe Nocera praised both the proposed legislation and Environmental Defense Fund\u2019s collaborative approach in an op-ed\u00a0published Monday<\/a>.\u00a0Nocera writes:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2011, [EDF] helped negotiate [Colorado] rules\u00a0governing the disclosure<\/a>\u00a0of the chemicals in fracking compounds \u2014 a deal that was sealed with Hickenlooper, the industry and E.D.F. representatives sharing a stage.\u00a0[EDF] has negotiated rules<\/a>\u00a0to require groundwater testing near wells to detect any possible contamination. In Texas, it was involved\u00a0in coming up with regulations<\/a>\u00a0for well integrity\u2026In each case, E.D.F. is pushing other states to adopt these rules, which, taken together, would help ensure that natural gas will live up to its promise of being a better, cleaner fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed rules in a Colorado are just one important step toward controlling climate pollution. There\u2019s a long way to go before anyone can say that we\u2019re meeting the climate challenge \u2013 or addressing the unacceptable impacts of oil and gas development. Right now we need to work even harder to see that Colorado\u2019s proposed rules are adopted and that other states follow suit. Make no mistake: To win, we need the whole environmental community to keep up the pressure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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