Tag: climate change bill
Green voter anger at Obama could open door for ‘environmental clown’...
Even before tonight’s jobs speech, conservation groups in Colorado and across the Rocky Mountain West say it’s clear President Barack Obama has chosen polluting industry jobs over other employment sectors, demoralizing the environmental base ahead of the 2012 campaign.
New Yorker story details Senate breakdown on climate bill
The New Yorker published a blockbuster story this weekend detailing the many failures of the White House and the Senate to pass climate change...
Udall: Rockefeller air pollution bill a Supreme Court end-around
Democrats differ widely on whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should be able to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as a form of air pollution under the Clean Air Act, and the rift seems to be mostly geographical and based on how much coal a state contains.
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.
Reports: ExxonMobil wary of FRAC Act, conflicted on climate change bill
ExxonMobil’s acquisition of natural gas giant XTO Energy – the hot topic in the gas-field communities of Colorado’s Western Slope this week – has...
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...
Colorado in crosshairs of nuke boom if climate bill sparks uranium...
Colorado, historically a major uranium-producing state, will be ground zero of the nation’s nuclear revival if that form of power enjoys the renaissance proponents say is necessary for climate change legislation to win approval in the U.S. Senate.
IREA Voices touts new study on looming coal shortages
IREA Voices, a citizen activist group formed to combat the climate change policies of the state’s largest rural electric co-op, is pointing its members...