tom ramstack
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Tipton advocates energy leases to pay for national park maintenance
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WASHINGTON – Federal lands would become a bigger source of revenue that helps maintain the infrastructure of national parks under a proposal supported this week by Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton. Tipton, R-Cortez, asked expert witnesses during a congressional hearing about the possibility of using leases and fees on energy companies to clear away an…
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Coloradans weigh in on the future of self-driving vehicles at Senate hearing
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WASHINGTON – A congressional hearing Wednesday implied broad changes are coming soon for Colorado’s highway transportation industry from self-driving truck technologies. Driverless trucks are part of the automated vehicle technology being developed by government agencies and private companies. They use computerized sensors to steer, throttle and brake vehicles, usually without human intervention. Senators at the…
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Rep. Mike Coffman offers bill to ban Venezuelan oil in wake of political crisis
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WASHINGTON – Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman introduced a bill Tuesday to increase the economic pressure on the troubled Venezuelan government by cutting off its oil exports to the United States. The bill represents a more severe level of sanctions than the debt restrictions the Trump administration imposed Aug. 25. The sanctions were partly a response…
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Gardner leads call for better technology to fight Western wildfires
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Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, is one of the lawmakers crafting legislation to upgrade technology to help battle Western wildfires. Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources could to introduce a bill as soon as next month. Senators at a hearing last week called for the new technology to help…
