Matthew Garrington
Senior Director, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
Work
Areas of expertise:
State and federal energy policy, federal lands
Description
Background
Matthew has two decades of experience working on conservation, energy policy, consumer issues, public lands and political campaigns.
Among the campaigns he’s helped lead were the successful adoption of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste rule, the protection of 500,000 acres of public lands near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, an overhaul of commercial oil shale production rules on public lands, the doubling of Colorado’s use of clean energy to 20 percent, the protection of four million acres of Colorado’s roadless forests and the adoption of the nation’s toughest state laws to guard against uranium pollution and require polluters to clean up in Colorado.
Education
B.A., Political Science with minors in Economics and Music Performance, University of Colorado at Denver (with distinction)
Press materials
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Navajo Nation takes significant action to cut methane, assert tribal sovereignty
September 19, 2024 -
With Powerful New Oil and Gas Rules, Colorado Sets Bar for Nation-leading Protections
December 17, 2021 -
With Powerful New Oil and Gas Rules, Colorado Sets Bar for Nation-leading Protections
December 17, 2021 -
Colorado Adopts Stronger Rules to Protect Health and Climate from Oil and Gas Pollution
December 19, 2019 -
Landmark Legislation Advances Colorado’s Environmental Leadership and Protects Communities
April 3, 2019