"We want to make sure that we can create a future that works for Craig rather than keep our head in the sand and allow the larger economic forces to hurt not just the workers but continue to hurt the c..."
"I know my colleague, Representative Casten, is working on a bill similar to what Colorado has done, so we look forward to partnering on that front."
"Most empirical studies that I have seen demonstrate that unmitigated climate change, if anything, amplifies poverty."
"In the United States, the economic toll--there was a study published last April that found that inaction on climate change by the year 2090 would cost the United States $224 billion more in economic i..."
"According to the National Institutes of Health, VOCs can cause irritation of the eyes, respiratory tract, dizziness, visual disorders, memory problems, damage to the central nervous system, and in som..."
"I can assure you that the health risks from the various sources of energy that we have been looking at, solar and wind, of course, pale in comparison to the health risks caused by hydraulic fracturing..."
"The oil and gas industry is the top producer of volatile organic compounds along the Front Range, which is a region that has failed to comply with Federal air quality standards for more than 15 years."
"I just would implore you, and I certainly implore others who are watching, to read the data, to talk to people in the communities that are being impacted here in Boulder County, elsewhere across the s..."
"There is a lot of public health impacts that come from oil and gas drilling and exploration."
"I do think this is a conversation that should be sober-minded and focused on the data."
"Emissions from oil and gas wells account for about 12 percent of Colorado's total release of greenhouse gases, according to the state's best estimate, which it has acknowledged is flawed."
"Thank you both again for your leadership. Thank you to each of the witnesses for their testimony."