TWW’s Colorado State Director Greg Brophy spoke with Colorado State Senator Ray Scott (SD-7) about his approach to energy policy and his request for an interim committee to look at small scale nuclear and hydroelectric energy options.
Sen. Scott spoke about his long tenure in the legislature on committees of reference which discuss energy policy. Sen. Scott also discussed how conservatives can engage on environmental issues by offering pragmatic solutions.
Sen. Scott recently authored an opinion piece that ran in the Denver Post arguing that:
Humans have an undeniable effect on the environment via our emissions. Period. That may sound like a surprising statement coming from a Republican elected official, but facts are facts and science is science. Republicans in the state legislature are willing, ready, and able to put forth bold, free-market based solutions to help tackle environmental issues, diversify our power grid with reliable, emission-free solutions, and leave our state’s air, water, and land in better shape than the way we found it.
There are those that claim that the idea of climate change is a hoax — perhaps concocted by the Chinese. There are also those that claim that we must consider banning air travel, overhaul every building in our nation, and potentially phase-out the entire beef industry. Both opinions are radical, nonsensical, and should be rejected by our elected officials.