Tag: American Power Act
Independent’s Williams to appear on PBS show on climate legislation
Colorado Independent energy and environmental reporter David O. Williams will appear on the Rocky Mountain PBS news show “Colorado State of Mind” tonight at...
Udall pushes new renewable standard as part of last-ditch climate bill
In a last-ditch effort to salvage climate change legislation before the end of the year, the emphasis now is on a utility-only carbon cap...
Will Dems push climate change bill next in wake of Gulf...
So with what was supposed to be slam-dunk Wall Street reform finally off their plate the Senate will turn to critical climate change...
Plan to open forestland for mine venting called ‘outrageous’
Even as Gov. Bill Ritter Thursday thanked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for allowing road building around a coal mine in relatively unmolested Colorado forestland near Paonia, environmental groups and sportsmen harshly condemned the decision for exposing forest but also for flying in the face of smart business efforts to combat global warming.
Kerry-Lieberman climate bill calls for disclosure of fracking chemicals
The Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act - climate change legislation at long last introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday - calls on oil and gas service companies like Halliburton to divulge chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells.
Sportsmen, Colorado conservationists question some aspects of climate bill
Nearly a year after the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act last June, Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass.,...