{"id":5889,"date":"2014-02-19T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=5889"},"modified":"2014-02-20T15:23:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T15:23:13","slug":"coloradans-overwhelmingly-voice-support-for-proposed-air-regs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2014\/02\/19\/coloradans-overwhelmingly-voice-support-for-proposed-air-regs\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloradans Overwhelmingly Voice Support for Proposed Air Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5881  alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/sites\/default\/files\/experts\/Grossman_Dan.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"210\" \/>Colorado is the quintessential swing state \u2013 with voters split about evenly between Republicans, Democrats and Independents.\u00a0 That can make for some fractious politics at times, but our diversity is part of what makes us great.<\/p>\n<p>What makes us even better is our unity \u2013 and that\u2019s what we saw today when, by a margin of <b><i>almost 10-to-1<\/i><\/b>, Coloradans of all stripes called on the state\u2019s Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/25\/colo-sets-national-precedent-air-quality-and-climate\" target=\"_blank\">adopt new rules<\/a> that would slash air and climate pollution coming from oil and gas development activities.<\/p>\n<p>The AQCC opened its hearings on the proposed rules with a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/environment\/ci_25182030\/state-hearing-flooded-by-urges-keep-air-quality\" target=\"_blank\"> full day of citizen input<\/a>, with people traveling from around the state (one drove six hours) to make their voices heard.\u00a0 Residents from rural communities, including many from the Western Slope, stood up, one after another, to tell the AQCC Commissioners that the proposed rules should apply statewide and that the handful of local officials opposing the rules are out of step with the citizens they\u2019re supposed to serve.\u00a0 In response to those local officials, one citizen from Ridgway implored the Commission to protect all Colorado families and not \u201cturn the West Slope into an air quality sacrifice zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EDF couldn\u2019t agree more.\u00a0 Air quality in western parts of Colorado is<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/04\/29\/clean-air-report-card-co-wy-counties-get-fs-due-to-oil-and-gas-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\"> trending in a bad direction<\/a>, teetering on the edge of violating federal health standards.\u00a0 The state health department issued <i>nine<\/i> ozone advisories last winter for Western Slope counties where oil and gas development is prevalent, meaning the air wasn\u2019t healthy for kids, the elderly, active adults and people with respiratory illness.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some say we should wait until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency declares Western Slope counties in violation of federal standards before we act to reduce pollution.\u00a0 That\u2019s like waiting until you hit the ground before you pull the rip-cord on your parachute.\u00a0 We need to act now, rather than wait for air quality to deteriorate beyond any hope of control. \u00a0Whether you live in Denver, Greeley, Durango or Grand Junction, all Coloradans deserve clean air.<\/p>\n<p>Others are trying to delay action by complaining the proposed rules are \u201cone size fits all.\u201d But as one Gunnison resident noted, the proposal accounts for differences across producing basins by incorporating flexibility and a tiered approach for smaller emissions sources.<\/p>\n<p>Residents also pointed to the economic importance of reducing pollution.\u00a0 They spoke about Colorado\u2019s cornerstone agricultural industry and crippling damage to crops from emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from oil and gas activities.\u00a0 They spoke about Colorado\u2019s outdoor recreation industry and its dependence on a clean environment.\u00a0 They spoke about high tech and clean tech industries that place a high premium on clean air and quality of life when deciding where to locate their businesses.\u00a0 They spoke about the terrible cost of wildfires, drought and invasive species \u2013 problems made worse by climate change \u2013 and called for controlling <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/climate\/methane\" target=\"_blank\">methane<\/a>, a highly potent greenhouse gas that makes near-term warming worse. \u00a0And high school students put their homework on the backburner to come down to the hearing, speaking to the Commission about the responsibility they have to future generations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6013\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/iStock_000004366794_Medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6013 \" alt=\"iStock_000004366794_Medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/iStock_000004366794_Medium-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/iStock_000004366794_Medium-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2014\/02\/iStock_000004366794_Medium.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: RF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oil and gas development is an important part of Colorado\u2019s economy, but it can\u2019t come at the expense of public health or the other economic engines in our state.\u00a0 Fortunately, that\u2019s not the choice we\u2019re faced with \u2013 despite what some would have us believe.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is, the proposed rules are highly cost-effective.\u00a0 They would eliminate more than 90,000 tons of smog-forming VOCs every year \u2013 the same amount that\u2019s produced by all the cars and trucks in Colorado \u2013 and would do so at less than 10 percent the cost the state is typically willing to impose on citizens and businesses to get pollution reductions.\u00a0 The rules would also remove more than 100,000 tons of methane annually through measures that can often pay for themselves in a few short years by making sure more natural gas goes into the sales line instead of the atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not saying the new rules will come at zero cost to industry.\u00a0 What we\u2019re saying is, the costs are manageable and they\u2019re worth it.\u00a0 Forward-thinking industry leaders agree.\u00a0 This proposal is supported by Noble Energy, Anadarko Petroleum, Encana Corporation and DCP Midstream \u2013 four of Colorado\u2019s most important energy companies.\u00a0 These four companies will bear about 75 percent of the total statewide costs for these measures, but they say they\u2019re supporting this rule because they know it\u2019s the right thing for the environment and public health, the right thing for jobs and the economy and the right thing for their bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>EDF was proud to work with these companies to help develop many of the ideas that went into this proposal.\u00a0 We think it was an example of Coloradans at our best \u2013 working through our differences and uniting us to bring common-sense solutions to tough problems.\u00a0 We Coloradans are diverse, but we are also united in our passion for our state and our environment.<\/p>\n<p><i>The AQCC is scheduled to hear formal testimony on the proposed rule on February 20<sup>th<\/sup> and 21<sup>st<\/sup>, and possibly extending into the 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