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Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant
On Tuesday night, around 25 people gathered at Old Colorado City Brewing to celebrate Ray Nixon’s retirement. Nixon is only 46 years old, but the retirement has been expected for several years. The crowd delivered toasts and signed a poster-sized retirement card. “It’s just not ‘cool’ to hang on too long, like a pro athlete…
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Federal judge narrows industry challenge to Denver natural gas restrictions
A federal judge on Tuesday narrowed the challenge to Denver’s recent restrictions on certain natural gas appliances from a collection of industry groups, noting some of the complained-about regulations were not in effect. Last summer, trade associations representing homebuilders, restaurants, apartment buildings, hotels, manufacturers and fuel suppliers sued the city. They took aim at a…
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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and stoves emit enough nitrogen dioxide…
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Major cooperative agrees to aggressive clean power goals, consider retiring Craig coal unit 4 years early
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which supplies power to 43 power distribution cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska, agreed Wednesday to accelerate its transition to renewable energy and consider potentially shutting down a coal plant unit in the city of Craig four years earlier than originally planned. The proposed settlement before the Colorado…
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Lawsuit seeks to block expansion of dam near Boulder
BOULDER – Six environmental groups have asked a federal judge to block the expansion of a reservoir in the foothills southwest of Boulder. The Boulder Daily Camera reports a lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated environmental laws when it granted a permit last year to increase the height of Gross…
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Sierra Club drops big bucks late into Colorado races
With Election Day just days away, the Sierra Club says it is putting money and effort into the Colorado governor’s race and state Senate races that could tip the statehouse’s balance of power to the left. The environmental group’s political arm said Tuesday it’s dropping a “major 6-figure general election campaign” that will include mailers,…
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The eco-friendly case for a statewide transportation tax hike
Why is the state’s largest grassroots environmental advocacy group urging you to vote yes on Proposition 110? The Sierra Club, Colorado’s largest grassroots group committed to protecting our air, water, land and people, has voted to endorse Proposition 110. Why are we weighing in on transportation? Well, the cars and trucks we drive (and getting…
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Fort Collins is 9th Colo. city to take renewable energy pledge
The city of Fort Collins has become Colorado’s ninth local government to pledge to get all of its energy from renewable sources by 2030. The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night to take the”Ready for 100? pledge pushed by the Sierra Club. Democrat Jared Polis, the frontrunner for governor, is running on a promise to…
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IN RESPONSE | Missing from our energy portfolio: political willpower
While we agree with U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in recommending a cautious policy when dealing with Russia, we believe the senator is using the current distrust between Russia and the U.S. as cover to advance his real overriding agenda, promoting the fracked gas industry. After all, according to Ballotpedia.com, since 2009 Sen. Gardner has received…
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THE PODIUM | Activists mislead the public about oil and gas development near Dunes
How far does a national park extend past its boundary line? In the case of the Great Sand Dunes National Park, we’re told the boundary stretches past the gate, over a mountain range, and across a valley on the other side. That’s according to anti-fossil fuel activists working to stop oil and natural gas leasing…