By Micah Parkin – I’m here today to express the support of 350 Colorado and 350 Boulder County for this lawsuit and our communities’ commitment to do our part to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change. It is critical at this point in history that we all do everything we can to transition as rapidly as possible off fossil fuels to clean renewable energy in order to preserve a climate capable of supporting life as we know it.

March 18, 2018 – 350 Colorado Testimony to the COGCC   My name is Micah Parkin. I’m speaking today as a mother and as Executive Director of 350 Colorado. We represent 14,000 members in Colorado who are calling for a safe, just and healthy future for our children and future generations.

On Nov. 15th, 2017, representatives of member organizations of Colorado Coalition for a Livable Climate (CCLC) delivered a petition calling on Xcel Energy to take the lead for clean energy in Colorado by generating at least 80% of its electricity with renewables by 2035, completing a study by the end of 2018 to explore how to achieve 100% renewables by 2030.