Hickenlooper Statement on EPA’s Decision to Erase Climate Pollution Limits from Power Plants

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper released the following statement blasting the Trump administration's decision to roll back the EPA limits on pollution from power plants.

"Climate change is real and worsening Colorado's drought and wildfires. The EPA had a rule in place to limit pollution from the largest polluters to address climate change.

"Yesterday's decision by the EPA ignores science and will seriously threaten our environment. We can't let their decision stand, and we will keep fighting to reduce pollution and stop climate change."

Hickenlooper has long pushed for real, science-based climate policy. He played a key role in passing the Inflation Reduction Act, which was the largest climate investment ever, and is fighting against Washington Republicans' attempts to undermine the law.

Hickenlooper has called out the Trump admin's reckless decision to undermine the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) "endangerment finding," which determined that greenhouse gas pollution harms Americans and is a serious threat to public health. The rollback would defy decades of science, EPA precedent, and Supreme Court rulings and lead to more pollution across the U.S. Hickenlooper has also fought against the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rejection of Colorado's updated Regional Haze Plan.

As Colorado governor, Hickenlooper worked with environmentalists and oil and gas companies to create the world's first methane rules, which were later used as a national model by the Obama administration.

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