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Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution
A ballot measure written by a conservative nonprofit could amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine fossil fuel companiesβ right to sell methane gas and possibly force communities that have tried to eliminate gas appliances from new construction to back away from those efforts.
Advance Colorado, which wrote the measure and led the effort to gather enough signatures to add the measure to the ballot, submitted its petition on June 25 to put Initiative 177, the βRight to Natural Gas,β to voters in Novemberβs state election.
The broad language of the measureβonly 60 words in totalβmakes it difficult to predict how state agencies would implement it if it passes, and many people worry the amendment would endanger Coloradoβs ability to reach its climate goals.


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