We can’t rely on fossil fuels
David Bernhardt touting fossil fuels on the Western Slope (“Former Interior Secretary David Bernhardt addresses Garfield County energy forum,” April 14, Glenwood Springs Post Independent)? Clearly a case of carrying coal to New Castle. Heating homes is a priority, but at what cost and whose profit? We and the Earth are at peril if carbon emissions are not reduced, and quickly at that.
Robert Porath
Boulder and Meredith

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John Evans was misjudged
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