Promising stories of civic action and harrowing warnings of what happens if citizens fail to step up delivered during Right Here, Right Now symposium in Boulder
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Opinion: Colorado must move quickly to keep pace on carbon capture
Promoting safe and secure injection of CO2 is in the public’s interest, and Colorado is poised to be central in the effort.
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado is falling behind on its mandate to cut greenhouse gases
New state assessment shows big gaps in goals for transportation emissions and lag in finalizing closures of fossil fuel power plants
Posted inClimate, Energy, Environment, News
Colorado could stuff its CO2 deep in the ground to slow climate change
Colorado has snuffed the carbon-spewing smokestacks of some of its most noxious coal-fired plants. It’s tasked the oil and gas companies with plugging methane leaks in pipelines and capping carbon-weeping abandoned wells. And the state wants belching, gas-fueled V8s to turn themselves in for EVs with no tailpipe. Now, in another potentially crucial push to […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News, Politics and Government
How much damage does climate change cause in Colorado? Leaders are trying to put a price tag on it.
The East Troublesome fire, Colorado’s second largest ever, was sweeping across Grand County forests on Oct. 25, 2020, part of a record-breaking wildfire season that forced evacuations, destroyed homes and took lives. Half a world away, heavy rains were flooding the Bagerhat District in Bangladesh, in one of the worst monsoon seasons on record. And […]
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As climate fight shifts to oil, Joe Biden faces a formidable foe in the West
By Mead Gruver and Matthew Brown, The Associated Press CASPER — President Joe Biden’s bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry — a much bigger, more influential foe than Democrats faced when they took on the coal industry during the Obama years. Coal dominated […]
Posted inClimate, Energy, Politics and Government
An environmental group claims 70% of Colorado’s greenhouse gas emissions come from oil and gas. But that’s in dispute.
In what is becoming a running skirmish between environmental groups and the Polis administration over how to curb the state’s greenhouse gas emissions, a new analysis calculates that 70% of all the gases come from oil and gas operations and calls for the shutdown of the sector by 2030. The figures used in the […]
Posted inBusiness, Climate, Economy, Energy, Environment, News, Politics and Government
Xcel Energy moves up closure dates for coal-fired power plant near Steamboat Springs
The coal-fired Hayden Generating Station will close ahead of schedule, marking the latest in a steady stream of Colorado coal plant closures, Xcel Energy announced Monday. The plant’s 44-year-old Unit 2 will close by the end 2027, and Unit 1, which came online in 1965, will be shuttered by the end of 2028. The two […]
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Order to close three Colorado coal-fired power plants early reversed, regulators cite “incomplete” information
The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, at the urging of utility companies, did a regulatory two-step on Wednesday, rescinding the order for early closure of three coal-fired power plants that it issued last month. The November decision, made as part of the state’s plan to reduce regional haze at national parks, was based on incomplete […]
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Tri-State increases the amount of greenhouse gases it will cut in Colorado by adding wind and solar generation
Colorado’s second biggest electricity provider – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association – upped its goal for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to an 80% cut by 2030 – putting itself in line with other utilities in the state. Tri-State’s original 70% target for cutting carbon dioxide emissions had lagged other Colorado utilities, such as Xcel […]