Sharon Dunn
Energy officials throughout the country are working to educate voters on the impact the industry has on jobs and gross domestic product.
In Colorado alone, that impact is 5 percent for each, which if taken away, could be disastrous, said Christopher Guith, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, based in Washington, D.C.
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“What we do know as far as people who are open-minded, as long as you are able to sincerely and competently address their questions of the environmental side, after they’d heard so may different mistruths, half-truths and outright lies for so long, they’re more willing to listen to the economic side.”
Colorado is being watched, he said, because these measures have been attempted throughout the country, and have slowly moved West. So far, across the country, there have been 400 measures to limit fracking.
“It’s easy for a town government to ban something when they have no benefits,” Guith said. “The problem is they’re starting to make traction in area where there are benefits.”
Read the full article at Greeley (CO) Tribune.