CRAIG, Colo. (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency officials are touring one of Colorado’s largest power plants as part of their listening tour in northwestern Colorado.
Thursday’s visit to Craig Station follows a community meeting Wednesday night that attracted hundreds of people, including many coal miners and power plant workers.
The Craig Daily Press (https://bit.ly/ZhYRI0 ) reports that many were worried about how the rules could affect the coal-dependent economy in northwestern Colorado.
The rules, intended to curb global warming, would cut carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
Moffat County Commissioner John Kincaid said carbon dioxide isn’t a pollutant but EPA Region 8 Administrator Shaun McGrath disagreed. He says the U.S. Supreme Court found that carbon dioxide is harmful to human health in a 2007 ruling on the Clean Air Act.
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Information from: Craig Daily Press, https://www.craigdailypress.com
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