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LOMAX: Yet again, national anti-oil and gas groups call the shots in local campaigns

Aug 21, 2017

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Simon Lomax – The Center Square

After the failure of statewide anti-fracking ballot measures in Colorado last year, national activist groups are regrouping at the local level. This is history repeating. Several years ago, the push for a statewide oil and gas ban started with local campaigns, led by Washington, D.C.-based Food & Water Watch and other out-of-state groups. Today, the…
Colorado leaders react to Trump’s decision to exit Paris accord on climate change

Jun 2, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado leaders left and right had strong feelings about President Trump’s symbolic withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate accord Thursday. Here is a digest of what people said. Gov. John Hickenlooper: “It is a serious mistake to back out of the Paris Accord. This is a historic global agreement between almost every nation on earth…
Battery bill could make it easier to store power at home

Feb 8, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Senate Bill 89 before the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee Wednesday afternoon would make it easier to collect energy for later in a home battery. Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Steve Fenberg from Boulder and Republican Rep. Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud, the legislation allows homeowners to store up to 25 kilowatts, and assures that utilities…
Colorado natural gas supporters call out Sierra Club over changed stance

Feb 1, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Update: Jim Alexee, director of the Rocky Mountain chapter of the Sierra Club responded to Vital Colorado’s assertion in the original post: “Investing in gas instead of clean energy and storage technologies is simply a bad economic decision. New wind and solar projects are already starting to beat gas in the market, and they’re only getting…
YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction

Sep 29, 2016

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Ernest Luning

Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Former U.S. Rep. Wayne Aspinall declared that Colorado was “back in the big leagues” as he introduced divisive Coloradan Interior Secretary James Watt at the annual Club 20 banquet in Grand Junction. Watt, who noted he carried a Navajo arrowhead to “be protected from newspaper…

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LOMAX: Yet again, national anti-oil and gas groups call the shots in local campaigns

Colorado leaders react to Trump’s decision to exit Paris accord on climate change

Battery bill could make it easier to store power at home

Colorado natural gas supporters call out Sierra Club over changed stance

YESTERYEAR: James Watt blasts critics, defends Interior policies in Grand Junction