Small Colorado Coal Burner Pays Big Bucks to Climate Change Denier

According to ABC News, a small rural electric co-operative in Colorado paid a climate change denier  $100,000 for unspecified activities without informing or asking its members.

"It’s outrageous," Ron Binz, a public utility consultant formerly with the state of Colorado, told ABC. "It’s an abuse of authority. The customers are member-owners. [General Manager] Stan Lewandowski is basically spending other people’s money."

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Please see the full story in today’s Grist.

Mentioned in the story is a study published by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Here’s a picture taken by FEMA from that study.