Colorado regulators move forward with controversial new rule to slash greenhouse gas emissions – By Mark Jaffe (Colorado Sun) / Sept 20 2021
“We can’t keep doing the same thing over and over” to cut oil and gas emissions, strategist says as first-in-the-nation “intensity target” regulation moves on to full hearing in December.
Colorado air quality regulators will move forward with a controversial, first-in-the-nation rule to curb greenhouse gas releases from oil and gas operators based on the intensity of emissions relative to their production.
In the face of opposition from some local officials and environmental groups, the Air Quality Control Commission voted on Friday to set a December hearing on the proposed “greenhouse gas intensity target” rule, which would go into effect in 2023.
Boulder County Commissioner Matt Jones called the approach “unproven, inaccurate and costly” in comments to the commission, and he criticized the two-year timetable for implementing the rule.
“We don’t have time to wait,” Jones said. “Right now, put in place the strongest proven protections you can.”
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