Coal miners and protesters gather for a rally near the state Capitol against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to cut power-plant carbon dioxide emissions. The EPA is holding a public hearing in Denver regarding the proposal. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
With the EPA holding hearings in Denver over its proposed power plant rule, the campaigns for U.S. Senate contenders Mark Udall and Cory Gardner went to work as Coloradans on the left and the right held rallies.
From Gardner, a GOP congressman challenging Udall:
Udall’s Energy Policy Hurts Middle Class Coloradans
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a hearing on the Obama Administration’s latest regulations impacting coal-fired power plants — rules that Senator Udall embraced as a “good start.” Cory Gardner denounced Senator Udall’s anti-energy policies that would empower federal regulators, destroy jobs, and drain pocketbooks.
From Udall, a Democrat seeking a second Senate term:
Gardner’s Climate Science Denial Puts Colorado At Risk
Congressman Cory Gardner says he’s new, but his stubborn denial of climate science is backward and dangerous. As Colorado grapples with the effects of climate change on our water, our communities, mountain snowpack, and our farms and ranches, Gardner’s radical refusal to accept the science behind climate change endangers our special way of life.
NextGen Climate sets up a mock power plant with an anti Congressman Cory Gardner message outside the Denver EPA office, where a hearing is being held on a proposed carbon pollution standard. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
Colorado boasts one of the and one where the is key.
The Environmental Protection Agency is in Denver to consider the impact of proposed federal rules aimed at cutting power-plant carbon dioxide emissions than some states.
