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Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
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The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the latest attempts by the White House to revive coal production in the U.S. following President…
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Trump administration cancels $500 million in energy grants to Colorado
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Colorado companies, higher education institutions and the state energy office are set to lose more than $500 million following the Trump administration’s decision to cancel hundreds of awards in 16 “blue” states. While the entities awarded the grants are based in Colorado, some of the projects are actually located in other places, including in “red”…
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DOE announces a share of $18 Million in technical assistance for northwest Colorado
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A share of $18 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Energy has been awarded to northwest Colorado for technical assistance to “to create tailored community-wide action plans that reduce local air pollution, increase energy resilience, lower utility costs and energy burdens, and create good paying jobs.” Colorado is one of 30 applicants…
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DOE announces a share of $18 Million in technical assistance for northwest Colorado
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A share of $18 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Energy has been awarded to northwest Colorado for technical assistance to “to create tailored community-wide action plans that reduce local air pollution, increase energy resilience, lower utility costs and energy burdens, and create good paying jobs.” Colorado is one of 30 applicants…
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Progressive Democrats of America chapter endorses Democrat Levi Tillemann in 6th District primary
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Calling him “a true progressive who will fight for everyone,” the Denver chapter of the Progressive Democrats of America this week endorsed congressional candidate Levi Tillemann, one of four Democrats running for the 6th Congressional District held by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman. Chapter leader Susan Gilbert, who lives in the suburban 6th District, said Tillemann, a…
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Michael Bennet, Cory Gardner tout Colorado energy lab’s grant to build solar forecasting system
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The scientists at Golden’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have received a nearly $2 million federal grant to build a better system to forecast when the sun will be shining, Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner announced Friday. The project is part of a Department of Energy program to improve integration of notoriously variable…
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Energy grid study blames natural gas, not renewables, for coal’s decline
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Last weekend subscribers read in Colorado Politics’ Insights column about the threats a federal study of the energy grid, expected to bolster coal, posed for our state, rich in renewable energy programs and natural gas. The report was released Wednesday night, and as expected it said the grid needs to be fed by reliable coal…
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As Levi Tillemann enters 6th Congressional District primary, national Republicans gleefully stoke Democratic divisions
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The National Republican Congressional Committee on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet to welcome Democrat Levi Tillemann into an already crowded primary race for the chance to challenge GOP incumbent U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in Colorado’s 6th Congressional District. Sounding positively gleeful, NRCC regional spokesman Jack Pandol used the occasion to invoke tried-and-true GOP bogeyman…
