When Colorado air pollution regulators started writing rules to cut 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions by heavy industry, the first thing they had to do was exempt the four largest polluters. 

That’s because a law passed by Colorado lawmakers this year says that cement plants and steel plants, which in Colorado are currently emitting up to a million tons a year of planet-warming carbon dioxide, only have to cut emissions 5% if they are using the “best available technology.” The exception applied to four places in the state, but others are seeking an exemption in a situation that shows just how complicated reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be in coming years. 

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When Colorado air pollution regulators started writing rules to cut 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions by heavy industry, the first thing they had to do was exempt the four largest polluters.&nbsp;
That&rsquo;s because a law passed by Colorado lawmakers this year says that cement plants and steel plants, which in Colorado are currently emitting up to a million tons a year of planet-warming carbon dioxide, only have to cut emissions 5% if they are using the &ldquo;best available technology.&rdquo; The exception applied to four places in the state, but others are seeking an exemption in a situation that shows just how complicated reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be in coming years.&nbsp;
Read more at <a href="coloradosun.com">coloradosun.com</a>.&nbsp;See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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