All Posts Tagged With: "Colorado coal industry"
Colorado Supreme Court Allows Challenge to Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act
The lawsuit cleared the way for a lawsuit by northwestern Colorado counties to overturn the state push to replace aging coal-fire power plants with new natural gas.
26Apr2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
LEGISLATIVE TRACKS –
Senate Passes Final Step to Clean Air, Clean Jobs,
Approves New PUC Chair
Sponsored by House Speaker Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, and Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, HB-1291 passed out of the Senate 25-10 last week after clearing the House by a 58-7 vote earlier this month.
30Apr2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Groups Seeking to Block BLM Authorization of West Slope Coal Mine Expansion Get Reprieve
“This is a dirty energy disgrace,” said Jeremy Nichols, Climate and Energy Program Director for WildEarth Guardians. His heated rhetoric and that of others paid off — at least temporarily — when the BLM said last week that it would reconsider approval of the mine expansion.
22Mar2011 | admin | 5 comments | Continued
State PUC Denies Coal Industry’s Request to Halt Xcel Plant Closures
The Colorado Mining Association, Peabody Energy Corp., and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity have argued that switching from coal to natural gas will cost jobs in the mining industry and lead to higher electricity prices.
27Jan2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Clean Energy Collective is now based in Boulder Colorado. 
Though a small step and almost over 16 years into the die-off of our forests, this effort should be applauded ...
The best ballot initiative is one that will ban initiatives. Otherwise what is the point of electing legislators. 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
Tri-State Board Policy 117 limits member co-op generation to 5%.
LPEA has asked them to lift that for community solar gardens.
https://www.lpea.coop/pdf/board_meeting/resolutions/2012/201213_tristate_policy_117.pdf 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...