This week Sierra Club and Make Polluters Pay released a series of ads targeting Rep. Jeff Hurd and raising awareness in Colorado’s 3rd district about a congressional Republican effort to give fossil fuel corporations immunity from climate damages. The recently introduced “Stop the Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026,” could make it illegal … [continued]
Denver, CO — On Thursday Governor Polis signed into law HB26-1226 (Manage Emissions from Electric Generating Units), which requires more transparency on the costs incurred from running coal units past their retirement dates, directs the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve new resources to help the state reach its 2030 climate targets, … [continued]
Denver, CO — Today the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) declined to approve much of Xcel Energy’s Gas Infrastructure Plan (GIP), which lays out the utility’s forecasted investments in methane gas infrastructure over the coming years. The PUC largely agreed with environmental groups that Xcel must consider alternatives that better promote affordability and … [continued]
It might not seem newsworthy for a site that typically covers national news, but every new public EV charger installation counts. Aspen, Colorado will be getting 14 new public EV chargers at seven new charging sites. The source says Aspen currently has 24 public EV charging “plugs,” so adding 14 … [continued]
Crunch time has come for communities that rely on water from the Colorado River. California, Arizona, and Nevada will be directly affected.
Colorado this week became the second US state to pass legislation permitting balcony solar in apartments and condos.
Despite the sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the community solar movement continues to grow in the US.
Renewable energy developers in Colorado are already swarming around the new Power Pathway transmission line, which will loop around 12 counties.
Washington, DC – Public interest organizations today filed a challenge in federal court to overturn the Trump administration’s illegal emergency order extending the life of Colorado’s Craig Unit 1, a coal-burning power plant. By unnecessarily keeping the unit online, the order threatens to raise utility customers’ electric bills and worsen air quality for … [continued]
The Trump administration’s efforts to force coal and other dirty fossil fuels on Americans while blocking solar and wind energy projects are so blatant and obvious that there’s really no debate what’s going on. There are some lame excuses being trotted out, though. In Colorado, as in some other places, … [continued]
