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Jeff Troeger: EPA confusion

Dennis Webb’s recent article chronicling the Environmental Protection Agency’s visit to Craig to discuss their new carbon pollution safeguards illustrated some common misunderstandings about the pollution limits.  

First, EPA’s safeguards are not an existential threat to Colorado’s economy. They allow each state a great deal of flexibility in how it chooses to comply. The shift Colorado makes can include favoring renewable forms of energy such as wind and solar. These sectors are booming in Colorado, especially solar, and they provide sustainable jobs and revenue for the state.  

Second, the new pollution limits’ implementation would be a boon to Coloradans’ health. Less carbon pollution means less asthma and lung cancer, which means less state and residents’ money being spent on health care as well as the obvious physical and emotional toll these health problems entail.  



Finally, the EPA’s pollution limits are necessary for our children’s futures to be healthy and sustainable. Human-caused climate disruption is real. It is a fact no matter what many deniers choose to “believe.” And if we do not take steps to prevent climate change, future generations face rising temperatures and extreme weather such as droughts, floods and wildfires.

I, like most Americans, think climate action is needed now. It’s time we stand with the proposed EPA’s pollution safeguards to make sure Colorado remains the beautiful state we love.



Jeff Troeger

Steamboat Springs


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