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Commissioners plan opposition letter to ECMC petition from WildEarth Guardians; ask staff to gather emissions and health data
Summary
Rio Blanco commissioners discussed a petition filed by WildEarth Guardians to the Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) and broadly supported preparing a county opposition, asking staff to gather air-quality, operator-monitoring and social-cost-of-carbon context before formal comment.
Rio Blanco County commissioners discussed a petition submitted to the Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) by WildEarth Guardians and considered preparing an opposition letter; they asked county staff to gather air‑quality data and coordinate with regional stakeholders before testifying.
Commissioners and staff characterized the petition as seeking stricter reporting requirements and broader regulatory changes focused on greenhouse‑gas emissions. One commissioner said the petition’s rhetoric often described operators’ reporting as “wildly” inaccurate and asked staff to clarify what the petition meant by that term. “They tend to put in these sentences in their petition... they were…
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