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Udall pushes new renewable standard as part of last-ditch climate bill

By | 07.20.10 | 4:46 pm

In a last-ditch effort to salvage climate change legislation before the end of the year, the emphasis now is on a utility-only carbon cap in the Senate, and Colorado Sen. Mark Udall has renewed his push for a national…

Carbon king but clean-energy crusader Rogers inks MOU with Chinese utility

By | 08.10.09 | 12:56 pm

Efforts to capture carbon king (but global warming believer) Jim Rogers of Duke Energy — the nation’s third largest power producer based in Charlotte, N.C. –- during his quick spin through Colorado’s Vail Valley to support three local environmental

’60 Minutes’ clean-coal story sparks debate on enviro blogs

By | 04.27.09 | 12:30 pm

The CBS news mag “60 Minutes” aired an interesting primer on the debate over so-called “clean-coal technology” Sunday night, interviewing some of the heavy hitters in the industry and scientists calling for a moratorium on all new coal-fired power plants.

Supreme Court Rejects Colorado AG Suthers’ Argument

By | 04.03.07 | 5:28 pm

Twenty-three states filed legal briefs in the Duke Energy case before the U.S. Supreme Court decided yesterday by a unanimous court.

Twenty-one states sided with the victorious environmental groups.  Colorado, at the behest of Republican Attorney General