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Colorado natural gas supporters call out Sierra Club over changed stance

Feb 1, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Update: Jim Alexee, director of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Sierra Club responded to Vital Colorado’s assertion in the original post: “Investing in gas instead of clean energy and storage technologies is simply a bad economic decision. New wind and solar projects are already starting to beat gas in the market, and they’re only getting…
Fossil fuel divestment movement looks to DU after hitting dry spell in Colorado

Jan 15, 2017

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Valerie Richardson

The fossil fuel divestment movement may be losing steam in Colorado, but activists are hoping to reverse the slide by convincing the University of Denver to sell off its investments in coal, oil and natural gas. The University of Denver Board of Trustees is scheduled to consider at its Jan. 20 meeting a report from…
Colorado coal production plummets in 2016

Jan 10, 2017

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Associated Press

Coal production in Colorado fell by nearly 40 percent in 2016, dropping to a low the state hasn’t experienced since the 1970s. The Daily Sentinel reports that the U.S. Energy Information Administration released data Thursday showing the state’s 2016 production was 11.4 million tons, down from 18.9 million tons in 2015, or a 39.5 percent…
Cory Gardner: Colorado shows Obamacare’s flaws

Jan 3, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner put a little bit of Yuma on the national airwaves on New Year’s Eve, delivering the last Weekly Republican Address of 2016. Gardner grew up in the town of 3,500 and represented his Eastern Plains district in the statehouse, before he was elected to the U.S. House in 2010 and the U.S.…
Foote: Colorado’s renewable energy sector is powerful and won’t be stopped

Dec 20, 2016

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Jared Wright

Coloradans love clean energy. Seventy-six percent of Colorado voters say they are more likely to vote for a candidate who promotes wind and solar energy. Certainly many of them helped expand our pro-conservation majority in the Statehouse during the last election. Renewable energy embodies many of the values that Coloradans voted for on Election Day,…
Statehouse Dems, Republicans eye environmental policy opportunities

Dec 14, 2016

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John Tomasic

State Senate Republican and Democratic leaders have signaled they will dedicate additional resources and attention next year to energy and environmental issues, but in the turbulent wake of the surprise election of Donald Trump as president, the news has observers wondering whether the party caucuses are simply shoring up positions or seeing new opportunity to…
Jarrett: Cleaner coal should be a priority for Washington

Dec 7, 2016

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Terry Jarrett

As the recent election cycle demonstrated, American politics is beset with a number of polarizing issues. Among the most obvious has been the debate over coal. Where Hillary Clinton favored renewable energy at the expense of the coal industry, Donald Trump has promised to launch a coal renaissance. This “either/or” schism overlooks a larger point,…
Trump’s election poses challenge for Colorado environment policy

Nov 22, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

Gov. John Hickenlooper’s stated goal of attaining “the cleanest air possible” took a severe blow this month after the election of Donald Trump as president. Hickenlooper is a supporter of some version of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which would require tighter restrictions on power plant emissions. Trump’s new resources as president could easily allow…
The Hot Sheet – Trump haters ‘chill,’ Colorado bragging rights, our mellow gets harshed, a soldier needs you and MORE …

Nov 21, 2016

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 01 NO. 190 | NOVEMBER 21, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – Let thanks giving begin! Happy Monday on the beginning of what will surely be a short work week for most of us. Whether you’re traveling or inviting company into your home … We hope it is a safe and peaceful…
In jail, ex-coal CEO says he’s ‘American political prisoner’

Oct 5, 2016

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Jared Wright

A defiant Don Blankenship declared himself an “American political prisoner” on his blog, blaming others for the 2010 mine explosion that killed 29 men and led the former West Virginia coal operator to be imprisoned. The ex-Massey Energy CEO said this week that he plans to distribute 250,000 copies of the 67-page diatribe in booklet…