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Tom Steyer-related group gives good grades to Polis on energy
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Advanced Energy Economy, a group founded by liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, is giving high marks to Democrat Jared Polis’ ideas for Colorado’s future green power sources. You’re shocked, I’m sure. The Washington, D.C.-based group defines advanced energy as “sources, technologies and services that are affordable, clean and secure over the long-term.” Polis set an early…
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LOMAX | Bankruptcy pitch in Lafayette shows desperation of national anti-fracking groups
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As a reporter and an advocate, I have spent most of my career following the tactics of national environmental groups, both in Washington, D.C. and in the states. A recent fly-in visit from one such group – the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, or CELDF – shows just how much those tactics have changed. When…
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LOMAX: Billionaire poised to bankroll another round of green politics in Colorado
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Tom Steyer is back in Colorado politics. Well, actually, he never really left. Anyone who follows politics in our state should know Steyer well. He’s the environmental activist and California hedge-fund billionaire who spent more than $7 million on a failed campaign against U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R) in 2014. He poured at least $2 million more into Colorado…
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LOMAX: Reality catches up with anti-oil and gas groups as they take a victory lap
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My first real experience writing about politics was in the Deep South – Mississippi to be precise. Southern politicians are famous for their expressions and sayings, but these words of wisdom have always stuck with me: “In politics, nothing is ever as good as it seems, and nothing is ever as bad as it seems.”…
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? Climate change debate heats up race to decide majority on CU Board of Regents
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The pivotal at-large race to determine control of the University of Colorado Board of Regents could hinge on concerns about climate change and free speech. Former Democratic state Rep. Alice Madden injected climate change into the race early on with jabs at the board’s 5-4 Republican majority. The board voted last year against changing the…
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Woods: Don’t let out-of-state money ‘Californianize’ Colorado
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We probably all remember the old saying that you can’t judge a book by its cover. Well, the same holds true in the political world, where seemingly innocuous groups, purporting to represent “non-partisan” causes, actually act as fronts for partisan agendas by misleading the public about their motives. One good example of this is a…
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Hickenlooper faces repeat of 2013 as Soros, Steyer pour cash into Democratic legislative races
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If progressive mega-donors George Soros and Tom Steyer really wanted to help Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, they might consider funneling a few bucks to legislative Republicans. Instead, the big-spending liberals are sinking hundreds of thousands of dollars into flipping control of the state Legislature to Democrats, targeting the three most competitive state Senate races in an attempt to…
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The Hot Sheet, August 9, 2016
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VOL. 01 NO. 148 | AUGUST 09, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016By TCS Editor and Publisher Jared Wright DENVER – Good morning. Yesterday, Colorado activist groups of all sorts of varieties submitted petition signatures to Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams‘s office in attempts to legislate from the streets, placing issues near and dear to their hearts on the November general election…
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The Hot Sheet, February 12, 2016
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By TCS Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Jared Wright @_JaredWright_ Friday, February 12, 2016 DENVER – Well, you made it to Friday. Ahead for you are two days of not having to wander underneath the Gold Dome. Congrats. If you’re working campaigns … my condolences. “It’s always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves … they tend to spill over …” —…
