energy development

League of Conservation Voters praises Bennet, pressures Gardner over arctic drilling

Oct 27, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The national League of Conservation Voters has mixed feelings about Colorado’s U.S. Senate members, as in loving Michael Bennet, but Cory Gardner? Not so much. The left-leaning organization is running ads on Facebook to praise Bennet, the Democrat from Denver, for opposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In another it asks Coloradans to…
Who knew Rick Palacio was running for #DNCViceChair? Apparently, all of Twitterspace

Jan 27, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Either Rick Palacio threw a Twitter party, and nobody came – or we weren’t invited. While Colorado media have been reporting this afternoon that the outgoing state Democratic Party chair is now seeking the national party’s vice chairmanship, we couldn’t help notice he already has been tweeting about it for some time. Since Inauguration Day, in fact. Yet, it…
Trump’s reboot of Keystone XL pipeline draws expected cheers and jeers

Jan 24, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Reaction in Colorado to President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines fell predictably along partisan lines, with environmental interests assailing the bold decision while Republicans hailed the new commander in chief. The executive order on the Dakota Access pipeline directs the Army Corps of Engineers to “review and approve…
Energy panel more statistical lecture than partisan sizzle

Jan 20, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

A lot of energy was spent, but not much heat resulted from the first meeting Thursday of a Republican-led Senate committee set up to hear information about the state’s troubled mix of mining, drilling and the environment. Instead, it was more like a college lecture with advocates and experts name-dropping studies and statistics about the value…
Curtain lifts today on Republican committee on energy

Jan 19, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Update: Thursday morning Senate Democrats released their list of witnesses for today’s meeting of the Republians’ select committee on energy and the environment (see the original post below): *********************************** Buy your popcorn and Junior Mints and bring your interest in energy. This could get interesting. As soon as the full state Senate adjourns Thursday morning,…

energy development

League of Conservation Voters praises Bennet, pressures Gardner over arctic drilling

Who knew Rick Palacio was running for #DNCViceChair? Apparently, all of Twitterspace

Trump’s reboot of Keystone XL pipeline draws expected cheers and jeers

Energy panel more statistical lecture than partisan sizzle

Curtain lifts today on Republican committee on energy