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GOP Latino group calls on Republican senators to support DREAM Act

Latino advocacy group Somos Republicans is calling on GOP Senators to support the youth-immigrant DREAM Act when it comes up for vote Thursday and...

New offshore drilling would amount to roughly 1 percent of demand

As the scramble continues to plug the oil gusher a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico — and as Senate Democrats promote their...

INVESCO dispatches: The headliners are up

Al Gore gets a raucous reception from the 75,000 strong at INVESCO. More on the flipside. 6:49 p.m.: Gore slams McCain on environment and green economy Where...

‘Pickens Plan’ promotes renewable energy, economic security

“The fact that I am on stage with T. Boone Pickens just goes to show how absolutely dysfunctional our government has been,” Carl Pope, the executive director of the Sierra Club said Wednesday in Denver. What he’s talking about is the idea that the Bush presidency’s fealty to Big Oil is now making for strange bedfellows.

Colorado Dems in the spotlight

Just as Denver has gained the spotlight in recent months with the Democratic National Convention coming to town and Colorado has a new status as a toss-up, the state’s elected officials are being thrust into a the national view.

Ritter to Announce Major Climate Change Plan

Gov. Bill Ritter is going to unveil one of his newest goals in November-- fighting global warming: "It's not that we should do it...

Al Gore, the World’s Environmental Guru

He was dressed casually. His jeans were well worn and his short-sleeved shirt was plain. If he chose to run, Al Gore would probably...