All Posts Tagged With: "Front Range"

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TRACKING Front Range Developments —

Weld and Larimer Counties: Growing Cleantech Interest
Louisville: Group Withdraws Opposition to Solar Gardens Bill
Pueblo: Xcel Energy Addresses Commanche Plant Noise
Chaffee County: Geothermal Becomes an Issue

30Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act Generating
Widespread Support

“Republicans and Democrats, power companies and energy producers, doctors and conservationists all have worked together to craft this smart, clean air solution for Colorado,” said Vickie Patton, a senior clean air attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund.

22Mar2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Governor Urges Lawmakers to Back
Coal Plant Measure

Momentum for House Bill 1365 continued this week as the House Transportation and Energy Committee voted 10-1 to endorse the measure, after Gov. Ritter encouraged members to back a framework for retiring or retrofitting coal-fired power plants along the Front Range, which is called for in the proposed legislation.

22Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Markey Proposes Renewables Energy Tax
Credit for Utilities

“There are substantial costs for integrating renewable energy,” the Congresswoman said. “This bill will relieve the burden faced by utilities bringing intermittent renewable energy like wind and solar online, and help bring down the cost of clean energy production.”

23Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Colorado DOT Eyes Benefits of Freight-Rail Relocation

The study found that train traffic through the populous Front Range would drop from 31 to 13 daily if lines are relocated. Most of the rerouted trains would be coal units trains heading from the Powder River Basin to Texas power plants.

12Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued