Rebidding surfaced in debate over PUC legislation
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel and Xcel Energy are having to find a new contractor for the planned 240-megawatt solar power array that is part of the power agreement between the Pueblo steelmaker and the state’s largest utility.
EVRAZ and Xcel filed a notice on March 26 with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission that...
Southwest Colorado lawmakers score key victories
Southwest Colorado lawmakers were instrumental in passing groundbreaking bills this legislative session that guarantee free early childhood education; lay the groundwork for a cheaper, state-backed insurance plan; and demand accountability from hardrock mining companies.
But despite these successes, Colorado’s 72nd legislative session is likely to be remembered by many on the Western Slope as one...
With only five days left in the legislative session, state lawmakers still have more than 200 bills left on the calendar, leading many to worry some may die not because of policy concerns, but because there’s a backlog.
The House and Senate held a rare Saturday all day session this past weekend to try to move legislation through. The last time the...
Never in contemporary Colorado politics has one party wielded so much power and control with such overreaching, unrestrained revolutionary zeal. Democrats won big in 2018, taking leadership of both chambers of the Legislature and all statewide offices. They have not frittered away the chance to impose major changes faster than the eye can see.
Colorado stands as one of 14...
Newmont Mining’s $10 billion acquisition of Canada’s Goldcorp closed Thursday, giving rise to Newmont Goldcorp Corporation (NYSE: NEM)(TSX: NGT), the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves.
The mammoth company, to be led by Gary Goldberg until the end of the year, will mine in the Americas, Australia and Ghana, producing between 6 and 7 million ounces of gold...
John Putnam, chair and longtime member of the Regional Air Quality Council, will assume the top environmental health role in Colorado, starting May 6. As the Director of Environmental Programs at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Putnam will serve as a senior adviser to Executive Director Jill Hunsaker Ryan. The Environmental Programs Director oversees the federal...
HB 1261 calls for 90 percent emission cuts by 2050, but doesn’t say how
As majority Democrats in the Legislature are pushing a climate-change bill aimed at nearly eliminating greenhouse gases, EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel argues the legislation calls for large emission reductions but has no details on how the company or other producers are to get there.
House Bill...
Update: The bill, HB-1261, passed the House on April 16 by a 41-23 party-line vote.
Political realities inside the Gold Dome are tempering lawmakers’ efforts to slash Colorado’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Democrats who earlier in the session called for strong reductions in carbon emissions have dialed back their ambitions and written HB-1261 with goals even some supporters say are too lax.
HB-1261 calls for a...
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet were part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday who introduced a bill to fully fund the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.
That fund, which was brought back from the dead last month after Congress allowed it to lapse last year, is designed to raise money to acquire public lands and aid...
Craig and Moffat County elected officials gave residents a vision of the future Monday, April 1, at the Moffat County Fairgrounds Pavilion.
The annual State of the Community address unveiled new logos from the Craig Chamber of Commerce consistent across organizations — Love Moffat County and Connect Moffat County — incorporating the area’s iconic topography.
County and city officials gave residents...