Tag: Greenhouse Gas Roadmap
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Part owner of troubled Comanche 3 power plant wants money back from Colorado’s Xcel Energy
A part owner of the troubled and soon-to-be decommissioned Comanche Power Station Unit 3 near Pueblo wants its money back. CORE Electrical Cooperative delivered a notice Sept. 6 to the Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Xcel Energy’s Colorado branch, saying it is withdrawing from its partial ownership of the facility and demanding a refund…
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Rushed transition to renewable energy could cost lives, critics say
Achieving Gov. Jared Polis’ 100% renewable energy goal by 2035 is technologically impossible – at least for now – and could cost people their lives, critics of Colorado’s transition away from fossil fuel toward toward renewable energy said at a recent forum. They pointed to the experience of California, which suffered a widespread rolling blackout in…
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Sierra Club, environmental groups petition EPA to ban natural gas for home heating
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than two dozen environmental organizations petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the use of natural gas for home heating nationwide, arguing the federal agency must regulate “deadly pollution from heating appliances.” The petition, sponsored by the Sierra Club, claims fossil fuel-fired home furnaces,…
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Colorado plans to develop hydrogen distribution hub with 3 other states
Plans for a multistate hydrogen distribution hub are moving forward. In February, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a memorandum of understanding with New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to coordinate and develop the Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub. The move was part of Colorado’s push to eliminate fossil fuels, including natural gas. The four states are angling…