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Conservation Colorado | WHAT’S YOUR AGENDA?
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Welcome to What’s Your Agenda?, Colorado Politics’ weekly publication of trade association priorities for the state’s 2023 legislative session. Conservation Colorado is the largest statewide environmental organization in Colorado. The Denver-based nonprofit works to protect climate, air, land, water and communities through organizing, advocacy and elections. “Colorado has been a bright spot for progress on…
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Q&A w/Kelly Nordini | Colorado’s ‘not yet blue but … consistently green’
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Kelly Nordini long has played a pivotal role in the movement to make Colorado more blue. Her career has included stints as the top staffer for ruling state House Democrats and as No. 2 on the staff of then-Gov. Bill Ritter. Now, she is playing a pivotal role in the movement to make the state…
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Colorado regulators boost oil and gas setbacks from school and daycare playgrounds
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The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Tuesday unanimously approved new rules to increase setbacks between new oil and gas operations and schools as well as child care facilities. But some anti-fracking activists said the change will not keep them from pursuing legislation in 2019 or another ballot measure to increase oil and gas buffer…
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Kelly Nordini to be named boss of Conservation Colorado
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Kelly Nordini will be the new executive director of Conservation Colorado, Colorado Politics has learned. The state’s largest environmental advocacy organization is expected to make the announcement Tuesday afternoon. Nordini replaces Pete Maysmith, who left last year. In the interim, the post was held by Maria Handley, who did not seek the permanent job. RELATED:…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | EMILY’s List gets behind Democratic legislative candidates
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EMILY’s List, a national group that backs pro-abortion-rights Democratic women candidates, has endorsed 14 Colorado legislative candidates, including a half dozen running for seats that could determine which party has the majority in the state Senate. The group’s president, Stephanie Schriock, said the group’s picks “have the backbones and experience to fight for Colorado’s women…
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Conservation Colorado released its annual scorecard. This Dem scored a 0.
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Conservation Colorado released its annual legislative scorecard Tuesday, and the grades are extreme – either something to write home about or something to feed to Sparky, quickly. Unless, of course, you consider a big fat F from the environmental watchdog a badge of honor. Not surprisingly, all Democrats received a perfect score – except for Sen. Dominick Moreno…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Weiser, Brauchler divvy up AG backers
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With the primary in the rear view mirror, organizations and individuals are handing out endorsements for the general election. The Colorado AFL-CIO, representing 180 affiliate unions, voted unanimously to endorse Democratic gubernatorial nominee U.S. Rep. Jared Polis and the party’s attorney general candidate, Phil Weiser, the union’s political arm announced this week. In an earlier round…
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Colo. to adopt low-emissions vehicle standards under Hickenlooper order
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order Tuesday committing the state to the adoption of low emission vehicle (LEV) standards in an effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 26 percent by 2025. Colorado joins 12 other states and the District of Columbia, led by California, to take up emissions standards tougher than federal requirements…
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry tells voters it’s a friend
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry needs all the friendly voters it can get in the next few weeks, so the avalanche of positive spin generated this week by its allies and affiliates is no coincidence. In the June primary, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, the industry’s favorite political bad guy, is leading the field of four…
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Pruitt to conservatives in Denver: EPA is no longer a ‘bastion of liberalism’
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke to a friendly crowd Friday night at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in reversing environmental regulations imposed by the previous Obama administration. We are living in transformational times, Pruitt told the audience: “God places responsibility on us to…
