Denver roundtable: @[email protected] thinks of this disconnect as The Colorado Paradox. Describes ski industry one of state's biggest economic drivers. But oil & gas industry subsidize this recreation economy, and ppl drive their gas-guzzling SUVs into the mountains to ski.
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Daniel Glick @[email protected]: We're already altering this planet in ways that will cause profound human suffering in years to come. Four words for what we can do: "Stop burning fossil fuels." But response not commensurate to threat.
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Grace Hood @[email protected]: There's been a profound change in Colorado under Gov. Polis, with state this year giving local communities more control over energy development in their municipalities.
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.@[email protected]: "Pulling carbon from the ground, along with getting nitrogen out of the air, pretty much powers our civilization," but now intensifying heat, floods, landslides show that activity has limits. "Colorado's embrace of fossil fuels is looking strained." #sej2019

.@[email protected] of @[email protected]: Right here in the Colorado Rocky Mtn region, where I grew up, I can see every land, air, and energy issue. Don't need to travel the world to report on those topics.
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Now up: Journalists' roundtable on "straddling the climate and policy divide," with @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
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Toor of @[email protected]: "Our local governments are used to being in litigation with the oil and gas industry."
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Toor: Future's bright for renewable energy in Colo., given pace of coal plant retirements & progress towards the "electrify everything" world —incl. heating, cooling, transportation, industrial activities. Renewables already employ more in Colo. than oil/gas. #sej2019

Q: How much does social cost of carbon increase costs for a utility burning coal?
A: Doubles the cost (regulatory cost for decision making, not cost passed on to ratepayer), making coal even more economically unfeasible.
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At Denver event, Will Toor of Colorado Energy Office says: Colo. energy industry grasps that transition to low-carbon is inevitable and underway. State legislation passed to fund just transition for affected communities. #sej2019 #pressfreedom #climatechange