Tag: alternative energy

Colorado has joined 29 states and cities in suing the Environmental Protection Agency over a new rule that would replace the 2015 Clean Power Plan. State Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that a lawsuit was filed in the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals over what’s known as the Affordable Clean Energy Rule. Announced on…

A Denver City Council committee next week will consider a pair of measures aimed at addressing climate change, including a new tax on energy use by city businesses and creation of a new climate office. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s office, while saying climate change “requires bold action,” complained that the council proposals “have been crafted…

Whiting Petroleum Corp., one of Denver’s biggest oil and gas companies by revenue, announced Wednesday its has cut 33% of its workforce, eliminating 254 positions across the company, in the face of  disappointing financial results. The cuts include 94 executive and corporate positions, most of whom work at the company’s downtown Denver offices. The company…

Colorado regulators are signaling that they will not stop issuing permits for new oil and gas activity in the state as new development rules are being drafted. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE) Air Pollution Control Division held its first meeting Monday to discuss rulemaking resulting from Senate Bill 181, the oil and…

Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, a Republican from Cortez, is behind a bill to advance renewable energy and raise money for local community and conservation. He is one of 28 lawmakers representing both parties — though no others from Colorado — co-sponsoring the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act. The bill aims to amp up production of…