Author: Scott Weiser
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Colorado joins multi-state coalition to defend EPA methane rule
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Battle lines have been drawn in a fight between oil-producing red states and environmentally-driven blue states over a new regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency. Critics say is an unauthorized expansion of the EPA’s regulatory authority. But proponents said it’s important to control pollution from methane emissions. Led by the attorneys general of Texas and…
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Study: Colorado ban on oil and gas drilling will take a toll on education, destroy jobs, cut GDP
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A bill introduced in the state senate to end oil and gas drilling poses a catastrophic threat to Colorado’s economy, according to researchers from the Common Sense Institute. Senate Bill 24-159 would require the state to cease issuing new oil and gas drilling permits by 2030. The bill was set to be heard on Thursday…
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Did wolves restore habitat? CSU study says maybe not
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New research from Colorado State University is challenging the widely accepted narrative that the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s resulted in restoring the habitat that degraded after the apex predators were removed roughly a century ago. That narrative is one of the main arguments put forth by supporters of the…
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Astonished at high cost, Colorado regulators scrutinize Xcel’s $3 billion transmission line request
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Last week, Colorado energy regulators, who appeared astonished at the high costs, agreed to set aside a $2.82 billion request from Xcel Energy Colorado for new high-voltage transmission lines to serve the Denver metro and other areas. In its 2021 electric resource and clean energy plan that’s before Colorado Public Utilities Commission, Xcel said it…
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Amy Ford nominated as Executive Director of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has appointed a new chief of the city’s transportation department. Johnston nominated Amy Ford as executive director to the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. The appointment needs the City Council’s approval. Ford currently heads surface transportation and innovation for global transportation at AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas.…
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Front Range Passenger Rail project accepted into federal rail network development program
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The plan to build a passenger rail system from Pueblo to Fort Collins that might cost $6 billion to $12 billion was touted at an event announcing the acceptance of the Front Range Passenger Rail District into President Joe Biden’s nationwide rail network plan. The acceptance of the project into the Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor…
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry decries new EPA methane rule, state officials welcome it
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While local officials welcomed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 1,690-page final rule that, for the first time, will regulate methane emissions from the oil and gas industry nationwide, the latter’s representatives in Colorado called it punitive and unnecessary. Some also complained that the rule will grant investigatory authority to non-governmental organizations, such as environmental groups,…
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Scrubbing the atmosphere of CO2 is a massive, expensive undertaking
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The drive to cut carbon emissions to stay within the Paris Accords global temperature limits has spawned an industry dedicated to removing CO2 from the atmosphere. And Colorado might be poised to attract companies seeking to develop and market what’s called direct air capture technology. But the technology, which is new, faces numerous challenges to…
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Denver’s 143-year-old city steam system faces challenges, notably from electrification
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The explosion at the Gumry Hotel at 1725 Lawrence St. in Denver went off just after midnight. The magnitude of the blast was so great that all five floors of the brick-and-stone hotel collapsed into the basement, killing 22 people, including owner Peter Gumry. The blast broke windows for blocks. It was heard well outside…
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Federal government disburses $18 billion in energy revenues
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Colorado is getting $153 million of more than $18 billion in revenues generated by energy production on federal and tribal lands in fiscal year 2023, which ended on Sept. 30. Colorado ranked fourth in the amount of revenues doled out to the states, trailing New Mexico, Wyoming and Louisiana. The Department of the Interior’s Office…
