clean power plan
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Hickenlooper may ask for one-third cut in CO2 pollution
Colorado’s Democratic governor may ask for a one-third cut in greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, even though the federal Clean Power Plan is stalled and Republicans in the state are resisting. Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office has drafted a proposed executive order directing state agencies to work on ways to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power…
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Woods, Zenzinger pitch the middle as problem solvers in state Senate rematch
The maps on the wall at Democrat Rachel Zenzinger’s state Senate District 19 campaign headquarters in Arvada are a web of lines outlining voter precincts, each precinct speckled with marker colors. Some precincts are predominantly Republican, some predominantly Democratic, and there are numbers written onto each of them. “479-480” reads one of them, another “412-410.”…
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Dems, industry advocates slam Glenn for opposition to renewable energy tax credits
Leading Democrats and representatives of the wind and solar energy industry are criticizing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn for his opposition to popular tax credits supporters say contribute billions of dollars to the Colorado economy. Citing studies that show Colorado at or near the top of states whose economies benefit from the renewable energy…
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Bassett: It’s time to create the climate for clean energy
More than 500 firefighters are currently deployed along Colorado’s northern border battling the Beaver Creek fire. Reports are predicting that the fire – now exceeding 13,000 acres – will not be contained until August. For Coloradans, this scenario is becoming more and more familiar. In the course of my work, I meet members of Environment…
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Cadman: Session much more successful than advertised
It’s that time of year again – the legislative interim – when our media friends and editorial writers draw sweeping but invariably distorted conclusions about “what the session really meant.” These are the same people who spent months largely ignoring the bipartisan successes while hyping partisan flaps, proclaiming that rancorous “partisanship” blocked passage of all…
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Looking back, Ritter proud of policies that have Colorado ‘Powering Forward’
When former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter was elected to his first and only term in the governor’s mansion in 2006, Colorado generated more than 70 percent of its electricity by burning coal – the majority of it from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Ten years later, despite the “New Energy Economy” Ritter championed for four years,…
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Not personal: Neville, Leonard on why they oppose Lynne nomination for lieutenant governor
The Colorado House state affairs committee voted 6-2 to approve the nomination of Donna Lynne for lieutenant governor on Wednesday. The hearing went smoothly. Lynne was quick with thoughtful responses to questions. She told jokes that drew laughs. She was familiar with the concerns of committee members because she had met with them individually before…
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Melchior: Regulation puts coal miners out of work in Wyoming
Bill Pederson’s 40-year career in Wyoming’s mines ended abruptly last month, as Peabody Energy and Arch Coal announced more than 460 layoffs. His son lost his mining job the same day. “It’s going to be interesting, but I guess we’ll figure out what we’ve got to do,” Pederson says. “I think the whole town is…
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Budget long bill’s long journey almost complete
Lawmakers tasked with reconciling the House and Senate versions of the $27 billion budget long bill on Wednesday made fast work of the job, pushing aside the most glaring political additions to the bill made over the last two weeks of floor debate. The group restored some of the money cut by the Senate for…