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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock rolls out Climate Action Plan
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Denver Mayor Michael Hancock talked about it in his State of the City address Monday, and on Tuesday he unveiled Denver’s 80×50 Climate Action Plan to move the city to 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The plan provides strategies to address greenhouse gas emissions from three sources: buildings, transportation and electricity generation. The plan…
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Denver says National Western is going green in billion-dollar makeover
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Renewable energy and low greenhouse gas emissions will be a part of the plan for the billion-dollar redevelopment of the National Western Complex, the city of Denver said Thursday. “Building a low-carbon campus is one of the many ways the National Western Center is seeking to pioneer innovative sustainability strategies,” Mayor Michael Hancock said in…
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Sierra Club poll shows big support for renewable energy from Colorado voters
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DENVER – Colorado politicians who are talking about getting all of the state’s energy from renewable sources are saying what most voters want to hear, if you have faith in a poll released Monday by the Sierra Club. It suggested: “It’s not surprising that there’s growing broad support in Colorado for clean energy because it’s…
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Summit becomes first Colorado county to commit to 100% renewable energy
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Summit County plans to be tops in more than Colorado peaks, this week becoming the state’s first county to commit to getting all its power from renewable sources by 2035. “It’s exciting to see the first countywide commitment to a clean, renewable energy future in Colorado,” said Jim Alexee, director of the Colorado Sierra Club.…
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Longmont becomes 7th Colorado city to aim for all renewable energy
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This week Longmont became the seventh Colorado city to pledge to work toward getting all its energy from sustainable, renewable sources. This week the City Council approved a resolution to get off fossil fuels by 2030, part of Colorado Sierra Club’s Ready for 100 campaign, partnering locally with Sustainable Resilient Longmont. John Fryar of the…
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Fracking foes win the day in Broomfield, but next they go to court
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Broomfield voters gave a 57 percent edge to giving local government more say-so on whether oil-and-gas wells are safety and healthy. At the very least it was a major moral victory for opponents of the oil-and-gas industry in the fast-developing countryside north of Denver. Industry and business coalitions on the right, and environmental groups on…
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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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Insights: Rick Perry’s energy grid study holds shocks for Colorado
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Colorado has a lot to win and more to lose in a long-delayed analysis of the nation’s power grid. The likely conclusion of the 60-day study called for by Energy Secretary Rick Perry in April is that a steady supply of electricity depends on a reliable market for coal. A draft copy leaked last month…
