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Rep. Diana DeGette (Kersgaard)

DeGette honors Great Outdoors Week, slams efforts to remove wilderness protections

By | 08.22.11 | 2:36 pm

Colorado’s senior member of Congress, Democrat Diana DeGette, issued a statement today blasting Republican attempts to roll back wilderness and roadless area protections for public lands, also offering her support for national Great Outdoors Week Aug. 20-28.

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Kayakers, conservationists to converge on Confluence Kayaks to back Clean Water Act

By | 07.25.11 | 11:13 am

Kayakers and conservation groups will rally at a downtown Denver boat shop Tuesday to hand deliver U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 Director Jim Martin tens of thousands of comments on the federal agency’s proposed guidance on which bodies of water in Colorado and around the nation qualify for protection under the Clean Water Act.

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Colorado conservation groups laud lawmakers for fending off bids to undercut clean energy

By | 05.12.11 | 12:51 pm

On the final day of the legislative session Wednesday, Colorado’s conservation community praised state lawmakers for staving off a slew of bills aimed at turning back the clock on the Ritter administration’s “New Energy Economy” and also for passing a handful of bills that actually advance the state’s reputation as a leader in clean energy policies.

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Senate passes final step to Clean Air, Clean Jobs, approves new PUC chair

By | 04.28.11 | 10:53 am

Last session, arguably the most critical piece of environmental legislation passed by Colorado lawmakers was the landmark Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act, which mandated the shuttering of several Front Range coal-fired power plants and conversion of others to natural gas or renewable energy sources. This session, the legislature just completed the final step in implementing the law that was so bitterly opposed by Colorado’s coal industry last year.

Bill to to eliminate tiered electric rates on hold for now

By | 03.10.11 | 11:46 am

Seventy percent of Colorado ratepayers would see their electric bills increase if a bill laid over in the House Transportation Committee becomes law, according to the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). HB 1271 would collapse a tiered system, which currently allows low-energy users to pay less per kilowatt hour than high-energy users.

Colorado groups leery of Gardner, GOP ‘reining in’ EPA on Clean Air Act

By | 01.25.11 | 6:02 pm

Conservation groups are girding for battle in what they claim is a coming assault on the Clean Air Act by U.S. House Republicans, including Colorado congressmen Cory Gardner, Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn. Environment Colorado today issued a release ahead of the State of the Union address urging President Barack Obama “to protect the nation’s public health against threats from dirty energy lobbyists and their allies in Congress.”

Utilities commission likely to make decision on Cherokee 4 today

By | 12.08.10 | 8:09 am

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will likely decide this morning on the fate of the Denver-area Cherokee 4 coal-fired power plant unit – one of the last major sticking points in getting the state’s largest utility in compliance with…

PUC still deliberating on Clean Air, Clean Jobs

By | 12.07.10 | 10:30 am

The Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Monday kicked off more hearings on a plan submitted by Xcel Energy that would brings the utility giant into compliance with the Clean Air, Clean Jobs Act passed by the state legislature last session.

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Colorado conservation groups say Hick, Bennet wins bode well for ‘New Energy Economy’

By | 11.03.10 | 4:01 pm

Members of Colorado’s conservationist community today lauded the election of Democrats John Hickenlooper (governor) and Michael Bennet (U.S. Senate), pointing to their victories Tuesday as a clear sign that the state still supports Gov. Bill Ritter’s alternative energy agenda.

Gubernatorial candidates address conservation issues

By | 10.06.10 | 8:00 am

Several conservation, sportsmen and wildlife groups in Colorado asked the state’s three gubernatorial candidates, Democrat John Hickenlooper, Republican Dan Maes and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo, nine questions covering a number of issues specifically relating to the economy, wildlife,…