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Natural gas now a major player in any federal energy bill

Less than two hours after President Obama suggested in a post-midterm press conference that Republicans and Democrats could find common ground on proposals to develop the country’s natural gas resources, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune underscored environmentalists’ love-hate relationship with the fossil fuel. He said gas, abundantly available in Colorado, isn't he cleanest form of energy -- but it's a lot cleaner than coal.

GOP elimination of ‘Energy’ committee blasted by CCV director

Colorado’s conservation community reacted with predictable disappointment to a decision by incoming Republican state House leadership to do away with the energy part of...

Would-be GOP Energy Committee leaders talk dinosaurs and scripture

House Republicans soon to be in the majority are weighing committee appointments, and the applicants for chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee...

Bennet back to working the base

BOULDER -- Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet is eschewing right wing talk radio to rally more likely supporters on Election Day. He's due to arrive...

Colorado climate scientists aghast at Buck views on global warming

Members of Colorado's world-renowned climate science research community blasted U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck at a conference Friday for touting his skepticism about global...

League of Conservation Voters mocks Buck with phony Facebook Page

The League of Conservation Voters released a new web video today mocking Republican Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck’s statements on climate change. In the...

Amid Meet the Press backlash, Buck embraces Inhofe anti-science politics

"On behalf of the medical community, I denounce Ken Buck's comments. We feel he should retract his statements. Science does not support his view.......

Olympic medalist, X Games champ Bleiler talks climate change at CU

BOULDER -- Champion snowboarder and Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler told students at CU Monday that she has been "chasing snow" for a decade and...

Grand County blaze strikes fear in state’s worst-hit beetle-kill area

Another wildfire burning in Colorado’s high country has raised the alarm over how crispy and dry the recent fall weather has been, and rekindled...

Ted Turner blasts U.S. for once again sitting back on climate...

Speaking at the Colorado Conservation Voters annual fall luncheon today, media mogul Ted Turner scolded the United States for failing to sign the Kyoto Protocol and said the rest of the world is waiting for the United States to take a leadership role in clean energy and climate change.
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