All Posts Tagged With: "American Clean Energy and Security Act"

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National Media Coverage –
Xcel-erating Natural Gas in Colorado

The state’s largest utility has come to an agreement with the state government where it would retire coal plants powering about 900 megawatts by 2017 and replace them with natural gas-fired power. This move will mean a 30 percent reduction in Xcel’s Colorado coal fleet and a cut of as much as 5 million tons a year in carbon pollution.

29Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Big Oil Lobbies for Status Quo

In more than 20 years of covering the oil industry I’ve found it to be like the military, in some ways: a vast, monolithic organization with pockets of very smart and progressive thinkers. The more forward-thinking oil companies know that the industry’s current mode of operation cannot stand.

25Aug2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Waxman-Markey a Win For Colorado

Republican opposition is to be expected; Salazar’s no vote is a bit harder to explain. By creating a market for carbon-emission permits, the bill will almost certainly favor states with large installed bases of renewable energy capacity – which Colorado, under Gov. Ritter’s New Energy Economy program, will soon be.

29Jun2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued