What happens when you give fossil-fuel companies free rein? They make a killing—and we pay the price.
Three new reports paint a damning picture of Colorado’s previous administration. Two rank the air quality in metro Denver among the worst in the country.
A third report—a state audit released this week—shows drillers skirting millions of dollars in taxes. As House Speaker KC Becker put it, “This highlights yet another aspect of the oil and gas industry that has gone unchecked for years.”
This crisis is enough to make you sick. Pollution contributes to asthma, emphysema, heart disease, cancer, strokes, even Alzheimer’s.
But it’s not just our air these companies are contaminating; it’s our political system. The two biggest fundraisers in this race oppose the Green New Deal and—no coincidence—refuse to sign the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge.
We need leaders who will stand up to the fossil-fuel industry, not do its bidding.
Andrew Romanoff