Author: Scott Weiser scott.weiser@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Colorado fuel retailers face up to $20,000 fine for failing to post warning stickers about global warming under proposed bill
According to a proposal by Democrats at the state Capitol, up to a $20,000 fine will hang over the heads of every retailer who sells either liquid or gas fuels if they don’t have global warming warning stickers on their pumps and products if House Bill 25-1277 is signed into law. The bill, Increasing Transparency…
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Colorado fuel retailers face up to $20,000 fine for failing to post warning stickers about global warming under proposed bill
According to a proposal by Democrats at the state Capitol, up to a $20,000 fine will hang over the heads of every retailer who sells either liquid or gas fuels if they don’t have global warming warning stickers on their pumps and products if House Bill 25-1277 is signed into law. The bill, Increasing Transparency…
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Elk migration eased by South Park conservation effort
From the peaks of the Lost Creek Wilderness more than 2,000 elk migrate annually down to South Park near the towns of Fairplay and Jefferson for the winter. One of the primary migration routes passes through Dave Gottenborg’s 4,000-acre Eagle Rock Ranch. Gottenborg recently signed a five-year agreement with the Property and Environment Research Center…
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Elk migration eased by South Park conservation effort
From the peaks of the Lost Creek Wilderness more than 2,000 elk migrate annually down to South Park near the towns of Fairplay and Jefferson for the winter. One of the primary migration routes passes through Dave Gottenborg’s 4,000-acre Eagle Rock Ranch. Gottenborg recently signed a five-year agreement with the Property and Environment Research Center…
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Is nuclear power a necessity in Colorado?
Nuclear power is emerging as a necessity in Colorado and the U.S. to ensure the electric grid has stable power, according to local and national energy experts. The national electric grid faces a threat of catastrophic failure due the rapid shift away from the stable and “easily dispatchable” power production using coal or gas to…
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Colorado State Patrol announces speeding-prone counties
The Colorado State Patrol announced the counties with the highest number of extreme speeders going 20 or more miles per hour over the speed limit. El Paso County had the most by far, more than doubling the next county on the list. In 2024 troopers issued 14,477 citations for extreme speeding. Speeding 25 miles per…
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Elk migration eased by South Park conservation effort
From the peaks of the Lost Creek Wilderness, more than 2,000 elk migrate annually down to South Park near the towns of Fairplay and Jefferson for the winter. These herds have been traveling these routes since time immemorial. And one of those primary migration routes passes through Dave Gottenborg’s 4,000-acre Eagle Rock Ranch. Gottenborg recently…
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Colorado could see big hikes in electricity rates, report shows
Colorado residential electricity consumers could pay a total of as much as $6,400 to $9,280 more in electricity costs per household than they do now through 2040, according to a report from the Common Sense Institute. “Driven by state policy mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, electricity prices are projected to grow at more than…
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Colorado’s Chris Wright, Trump’s energy secretary pick, promises to ‘unleash American energy at home and abroad’
The hearing was interrupted several times by protesters
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Biden signs bill to relieve good Samaritans of liability for abandoned mine waste cleanup
People and organizations that want to clean up abandoned hard-rock mines received good news when President Joe Biden signed the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2024 in December. The law establishes a process and rules for “good Samaritans” to apply for permits to clean up and remediate hard rock mines that…