Tag: New Energy Economy

Bill Ritter gave his final State of the State speech this morning. The full transcript of his speech is below. Ritter spoke perhaps most...

DENVER-- Gov. Bill Ritter, Senate President Brandon Shaffer and House Speaker Terrance Carroll told a crowd of mostly media gathered on the west steps of the Capitol this afternoon that the majority-party legislative agenda this session would focus on creating and maintaining jobs in the state and balancing the budget. The three men also underlined the value they placed on a bipartisan approach to achieving their priorities. A scheduled conference called by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper who would be announcing his candidacy for governor just hours later, however, hung over the event and suggested how difficult true bipartisanship might be to effect this election year.

Sportsmen, outdoor recreation and environmental groups have been effusive in their praise for the accomplishments of lame-duck Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter, issuing statements lauding...

DENVER-- In a "state of the state" address at a Rotary Club polio benefit Thursday, Governor Ritter said natural gas and nuclear energy should be embraced as part of a clean energy portfolio, that he was "agnostic" on whether schools should be public or charter, and that he would ask voters to eliminate the budgetary constraints caused by the state's Taxpayer Bill of Rights should he be elected to a second term.

Even as Gov. Bill Ritter was touting Colorado’s “New Energy Economy” at the 5th annual Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas-USA...

DENVER-- Governor Bill Ritter announced at Red Rocks Community College Wednesday that 13 Colorado community colleges will offer a Green Advantage certification. The programs are designed to prepare students to find work in the state's burgeoning new-energy technology and construction fields.

Denver won $6,079,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy to "embark on a community-wide energy saving plan," according to a press release sent out...

With right-wing nutters jumping up at virtually every event featuring a Democratic elected official and shouting about everything from health-care reform to immigration policy...

Gov. Bill Ritter Tuesday praised Xcel Energy for pulling back its plan to charge homes and small businesses with solar arrays a surcharge to...

EAGLE -- Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday predictably touted his “New Energy Economy” as a way out of the current economic wilderness during an hour-long, town-hall-style meeting in Eagle, the Eagle County seat 30 miles west of Vail.