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Colorado companies blast Murkowski’s bid to block EPA on greenhouse gases

Colorado businesses, tourism industry and health care officials are scrambling to counteract an ongoing push in the U.S. Senate to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.

Climate change ‘Plan B’ gives oil-and-gas industry the jitters

While uncertainty swirling over a meaningful climate change agreement coming out of Copenhagen, and the U.S. Senate far from passing anything close to last...

EPA eyes oil and gas impacts on Colorado air quality even...

Hard on the heels of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announcing greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health threat, the agency’s Denver office...

NYT reports Obama will attend climate conference, emissions target in hand

The New York Times government and political blog the Caucus was reporting Wednesday morning that President Obama will attend the United Nations global climate...

Climate bill languishes ahead of Copehagen as new poll shows more...

As high pressure and sunny skies settle over Colorado for the Thanksgiving holiday – with not a lot of snow on the early-season ski...

State Rep. Bradford pushes mine development despite methane concerns

Rep. Laura Bradford, R-Collbran, has been pressuring the governor’s office and U.S. Rep. John Salazar to continue Bush Administration fast-tracking of the Red Cliff coal mine west of Grand Junction. But her lobbying ignores a couple of fairly glaring and clearly inconvenient truths.

Texas Republican: Waxman ‘doesn’t have the nuts’ to pass energy bill

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill.

Colorado likely to play critical role in shaping clean-energy bill

Colorado’s New Energy Economy will serve as a model and its congressional delegation as a catalyst for a comprehensive energy bill currently being hashed out in two U.S. House committees, according one Denver-based environmental advocate closely tracking the legislation.