Tag: Clean Power Plan
Wiretap: Trump “threw a fit” when advisers said maybe he shouldn’t...
This won’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention or who saw Bob Corker’s tweet about adult day care at the White House, but...
Wiretap: Wet winter and record-breaking summer heat combine to leave California...
In the Caribbean and in the Southeast, there have been the winds and the floods of hurricanes. In the West, there are wildfires. Across...
The takedown of the Clean Power Plan begins
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is expected to officially propose a withdrawal from the Clean Power Plan on Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama’s controversial plan...
Trump had his say about the Paris climate accord, and Hickenlooper...
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper often brings smiles to the faces of activists when he talks about climate change. But what will he do in...
Meet Jane, a climate scientist who worked in Colorado— and fled...
The day after President Donald Trump’s unexpected victory, Jane Zelikova was “crying her eyes out” in her office at the U.S. Department of Energy...
Critics say Hickenlooper’s clean energy pledge falls short of needed climate...
Gov. John Hickenlooper was quick to assure Coloradans this week that the state will continue working towards a more sustainable energy portfolio despite President...
Can Trump undo Obama’s policies?
This story first appeared in High Country News.
One week after the presidential election, on a summery November day, I phoned Denver-based climate activist Jeremy...
How Colorado Dems beat attacks on the Clean Power Plan
DENVER -- A months-long attempt by Republican lawmakers to halt state action on the Clean Power Plan came to a predictable end Wednesday in...
Attorney General: Halt federal regulation of toxic mercury
Coloradans may soon be breathing a little less easily, if Attorney General Cynthia Coffman has her way.
Coffman filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme...
Fetal tissue, clean air, rural schools dominate budget debate
The Joint Budget Committee approved a modified version of the House budget on Wednesday. The new draft tanked Senate Republican efforts to ban Colorado public...