Colorado anti-fossil fuels groups are collecting signatures for a petition to ban all oil and gas permitting in the state. Supporters say the measure will protect Colorado’s environment, but opponents say it reflects an ignorance of the value oil and gas bring to the world.
Healthy & Safe Colorado — a coalition of dozens of anti-fossil fuel organizations, elected officials and business — has launched a ballot initiative to eliminate all new permitting of oil and gas drilling in the state by 2030.
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If its promoters collect enough signatures to get it on the ballot and it passes, it would effectively end Colorado’s oil and gas industry.
Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy, told Cowboy State Daily that if the initiative were to become law, it wouldn’t end demand for oil and gas. Instead, the energy America needs will be imported from countries with far less stringent environmental and labor protections than in the U.S.
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