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John Hickenlooper: “Earlier this year, the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, who I…”

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'Threatening To Turn Back The Clock': Hickenlooper Shreds EPA Over Methane Emission Rule Rollback

Published April 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:55

That's right, 70%. Despite all that success, the Trump administration is now threatening to turn back the clock and to reduce and diminish the success of Colorado's clean air efforts. Earlier this year, the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, who I voted against, rejected Colorado's updated regional Haze plan. They didn't reject Colorado's plan because the science was wrong. They didn't dispute the goals. They didn't dispute the modeling. (03:55–04:06)

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Asserts that the EPA administrator rejected Colorado's updated regional Haze plan.

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“We also brought environmentalists and energy industry together to create the first methane regulations in the world in 2014.”
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“Those regulations, again, the first methane regulations in the world were in Colorado, helped in the years leading up to 2017 to reduce…”
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“Between 1950 and 1960, Denver's population grew by just about 20%.”
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“In 1970, a Democratic Congress passed the Clean Air Act, and it was signed into law by a Republican president.”
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“In 1999, the EPA created the Regional Haze Program.”
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“My first year as governor, Colorado submitted our Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, which was first approved in 2012.”
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“Last summer, the Front Range experienced the lowest number of ozone action alerts in a decade.”
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“Thanks to bipartisan investments in renewable energy, Colorado ranked among the top 10 states in overall energy production.”
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