state energy regulator brings pro bono lawyers to constituents

Colorado’s public health department identifies pro bono lawyers for community groups to become official “parties” in complex environmental rulemaking before the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission. These pro bono lawyers will take the community group from public comment to contestant party. Hello Texas, does this sound like the concrete batch plant issue taken to another level in another state?

Colorado Sun | Colorado air pollution regulators offer neighborhood groups free lawyers to represent them in environmental rulemaking