energy policy
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Foote: Colorado’s renewable energy sector is powerful and won’t be stopped
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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,…
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Statehouse Dems, Republicans eye environmental policy opportunities
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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…
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Ulbrich: Colorado’s solar industry is growing jobs, lowering costs
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Leading up to the election, discussions about our nation’s energy future seemed to play a lesser role than other topics, despite its direct impact on our lives and livelihoods. With the transition to a new administration, it is more important than ever to demonstrate real world examples. As one of the nearly 5,000 Coloradans employed…
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Winegarden: Clean Power Plan will mean higher electricity costs for Colorado families
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More and more Colorado families are living in energy poverty today. If you spend more than 10 percent of your income on electricity, natural gas and other household energy costs, then you are afflicted by energy poverty. It is a tragedy that forces some families to choose between keeping the lights on, or putting food…
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Griffin: Cheaper electricity for every Coloradan
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Every day working families face real, difficult decisions. From housing to food and health care to transportation, the costs for families across the state are increasing. Housing costs alone have increased statewide over 41 percent and our families must face tough choices to meet all of their needs on their monthly budget. One cost that families…
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump wrongly says nation is short of coal
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures But the Republican nominee incorrectly blamed the coal industry’s woes solely on new federal regulations, leaving out the effects of cheap natural gas. And he warned those regulations will lead to an imminent spike in the cost of electricity. That’s not on…
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Fact Check: Trump on the economy
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EDITOR’S NOTE – A look at the veracity of claims by political figures A look at some of his claims and how they compare with the facts: TRUMP: “She said she wanted to raise taxes on the middle class.” THE FACTS: If Clinton said that – and it’s debatable – it’s clear she didn’t mean…
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Revamping econ plan, Trump vows tax cuts to ‘jumpstart’ U.S.
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Trying to turn the page after a tumultuous campaign stretch, Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack Monday on Hillary Clinton’s approach to the economy while promising he would provide deep tax cuts and jolt middle class workers back to prosperity. Trump’s speech to the Detroit Economic Club reflected the Republican presidential nominee’s attempt to reboot and redirect the…
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Trump to outline economic plan as he seeks to reverse slide
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Donald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making America more competitive globally by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production. With a speech Monday to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, the Republican presidential nominee seeks to reset his campaign and delve into a subject – the economy –…
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Cooke still point man in legislative battle against Clean Power Plan
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The network of electric providers, conservative think tanks and local government officials working to head off implementation of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has a point man at the Colorado Legislature, and he is not missing a beat. Two weeks into the 2016 legislative session, Sen. John Cooke, a Republican from the heart of…