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Jeff Hurd: “The best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to grow…”

Featuring: Jeff Hurd, Republican | U.S. House Colorado, District 3

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Jeff Hurd and Adam Frisch debate in Pueblo

Published | Video Starts at 1:12:55

How would you balance the energy needs with environmental concerns and what you both described as the need to reduce greenhouse gases? Sure. I think The best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to grow our Colorado energy economy. If you genuinely care about reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, then you ought to support the high btU, low mercury, low sulfur coal that we have here, some of the cleanest natural gas molecules in the world. (1:12:55–1:13:02)

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Asserts that growing Colorado's energy economy is the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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