western resource advocates
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Colorado OKs drinking treated wastewater: Getting over the ‘ick factor’
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Colorado regulators, after years of study, negotiations and testing, approved a new rule that clears the way for drinking treated wastewater this week, one of only a handful of states in the country to do so. The action came in a unanimous vote of the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission Oct. 11. Direct potable reuse…
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BEST OF COPO 2018 | John Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Colorado Politics is taking a look back at some of our most significant and compelling stories of 2018. This story originally was published June 19. Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over…
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Iceland looks to Colorado for geothermal energy projects
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WASHINGTON – Iceland, a country with abundant resources in geothermal energy, is setting its sights on Colorado as it tries to tap into the planet’s biggest market for electricity. New technologies are raising hopes that geothermal energy could produce much of the electricity used in the United States. Some of the sites ripe for geothermal…
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Xcel ratepayers would get a bum deal under Colorado Energy Plan
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Late last summer, and with great fanfare, Xcel Energy announced its proposal to close the Comanche I & II power units in Pueblo a decade ahead of schedule. They offered as replacement the euphemistically titled “Colorado Energy Plan” (CEP), a massive $2.5 billion fuel-switching scheme to move its Colorado customers away from baseload, reliable hydrocarbons…
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COVER STORY: Hickenlooper’s legacy of water
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Gov. John Hickenlooper leaves office on Jan. 8, 2019, after eight years of service as governor. He may be best remembered for guiding the state through its growing pains over the legalization of recreational marijuana, but he leaves another legacy as well: Water. In a fast-growing state that places greater demands on its water supply…
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The state water plan hits its cotton anniversary, amidst falling revenues for its projects
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Cotton is the symbol for the second anniversary: According to one website, cotton is both a symbol of increasing strength and an ability to adapt. That seems an appropriate way to describe Colorado’s water plan, which this week hit its second anniversary. The plan, under the oversight of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), is…
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Colorado environmental groups offer lawmakers a plan on climate change
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Boulder-based Western Resource Advocates and Denver-based Conservation Colorado are releasing a report Wednesday that analyzes policies the legislature and state agencies could adopt to reduce carbon pollution and help fight off climate change. The document backs goals set by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper in his July executive order on climate change. The report shows asks…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper announces Colorado is joining U.S. Climate Alliance, sets carbon reduction goals
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed an executive order committing Colorado to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with a global climate agreement rejected last month by President Donald Trump. Hickenlooper said the state is joining the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition of 13 states and Puerto Rico agreeing to adhere to the goals set…
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Hydropower could deliver Colorado cheap, clean energy, says U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn
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U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs says hydropower generated from water pumped back uphill and released again is the wave of the future for clean energy in the West. His bill, the Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act, cleared the U.S. House on a voice vote last week. If it passes the Senate,…
