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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 gets a C-plus for offering information on government spending
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When it comes to making its spending decisions transparent and easy for the public to understand, Colorado gets a C-plus in a new scorecard from the CoPIRG Foundation and the Frontier Group. Researchers for the consumer advocacy groups looked at information available to the public that’s available online. The C-plus is a drop from the…
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Business leaders urge Colorado House to fund transportation
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A group of business leaders Monday called on the legislature to do, well, something to make sure more tax dollars go into Colorado’s long-neglected transportation system. At a Capitol press conference, they urged the passage of Senate Bill 1, which is pending in the House. The bill would obligate $250 million a year from the state…
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THE PODIUM | Rising fuel efficiency is good for our wallets — and our health
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Our quality of life in Colorado depends on clean air and low transportation costs – which will be undermined by the Trump administration’s recent actions to roll back fuel efficiency standards and let car companies produce less technologically advanced cars with lousier gas mileage. Since the federal government adopted clean car standards in 2012, requiring…
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Colorado’s electric vehicle landscape gets a big jolt from VW settlement
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DENVER – Colorado is investing in electricity with its plan to spend the state’s $68 million share of the money Volkswagen paid for rigging some diesel VW vehicles to pass emissions tests. The plan was submitted to the courts this week, and the state officially can ask for its money after 30 days. The Colorado…
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Equifax hack inspires Colorado clampdown on credit reports
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Colorado lawmakers began laying the bricks of a firewall for consumers who might be victims of identity theft as a result of such breaches as the Equifax hack last year. They started with children and at-risk adults. Most children don’t have credit histories, and often their clean credit is used in “family fraud,” by someone who…
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Colorado consumer group taking on the fidget spinners
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The Denver-based CoPIRG Foundation is taking on the fidget spinner over a couple of products’ high level of lead and its presumption that the toys are not meant for kids. The national consumer protection group said its lab results showed high levels of lead in the ball-bearing fad on sale at Target stores across the…
