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Udall’s SUN Act would extend tax credits to community ‘solar farms’

By | 03.18.10 | 4:10 pm

Two Colorado companies played a pivotal role in getting Sen. Mark Udall to craft legislation aimed at offering the same federal tax credits individual homeowners receive for installing solar panels to community collectives to build so-called “solar farms.”

EPA to study hydraulic fracturing, but calls for FRAC Act continue

By | 03.18.10 | 2:20 pm

Backers of the controversial FRAC (Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals) Act, including co-sponsor Diana DeGette (D-Denver), were quick to caution Thursday that a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study of hydraulic fracturing shouldn’t be seen as an…

Penry joins clean-energy effort, touts increase in gas industry jobs

By | 03.18.10 | 11:27 am

State Sen. Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, the former quarterback and golden boy of the state GOP, has his name splashed all over a piece of clean-energy legislation that has the backing of his political nemesis, Gov. Bill Ritter, and a slew of conservation groups, including Environment Colorado, Colorado Conservation Voters and the Sierra Club.

Watchdogs still sniffing at McInnis and Western Skies political group

By | 03.17.10 | 11:55 am

Colorado campaign watchdog groups are keeping a close eye on a Virginia nonprofit group with a Littleton address, which they suspect may be the smoking gun gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis alluded to on a cryptic voicemail nearly a year ago.

McInnis Lincoln Day dinner appearance trains light on GarCo commissioner race

By | 03.16.10 | 1:02 pm

Happy coincidence or strategic tipping of his campaign hand? That’s what Garfield County Democrats must be wondering after the “surprise” appearance of Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Scott McInnis at the local GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner Saturday night in Glenwood Springs.…