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Rampell: France’s carbon tax was a disaster, but there might be a less politically fraught way	24.6.2019	Denver Post: Opinion
In France, unlike in the United States, politicians actually want to lead on this existential crisis. Their constituents know climate change is real, and they are genuinely alarmed by it.
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Colorado aviation company aims to usher in new era with electric planes	20.6.2019	Denver Post: Business
Bye Aerospace founder George Bye sees electric airplanes as a way to secure the future of the aviation industry he has devoted his life to.
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Guest Commentary: Make a carbon tax palatable to America’s struggling masses by giving it back through a carbon dividend	17.5.2019	Denver Post: Opinion
As a response to climate change, a carbon tax is immensely popular among economists from across the political spectrum, and it does have an important role to play. But it is far from sufficient, and putting a price on emissions won't work if it alienates lower- and middle-income voters.
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Guest Commentary: Be honest about the cost of renewable-fuel standards	7.5.2019	Denver Post: Opinion
New research shows that renewable-fuel mandates are an unusually expensive way to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The expense comes in the form of increased electricity prices, which are a particular problem for low-income consumers.
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Trump’s infrastructure order threatens local right to protect the environment	24.4.2019	High Country News Most Recent
Washington blocked a coal terminal under the Clean Water Act. New rules could subvert that authority.
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Colorado lets oil and gas companies pollute for 90 days without federally required permits that limit emissions	7.4.2019	Denver Post: Local
Colorado public health officials have let oil and gas companies begin drilling and fracking for fossil fuels at nearly 200 industrial sites across the state without first obtaining federally required permits that limit how much toxic pollution they can spew into the air.
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Colorado AG files brief supporting stronger vehicle fuel standard opposed by auto dealers	21.2.2019	Denver Post: All Political News
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has filed a legal brief in support of stronger vehicle fuel-efficiency standards, saying the state recently adopted its own rules because the Trump administration is pushing for weaker ones.
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Get to know the Green New Deal, by the numbers	19.2.2019	High Country News Most Recent
The plan would boost the U.S. economy and eliminate fossil fuel use in ten years.
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What’s actually in the “Green New Deal” from Democrats?	11.2.2019	Denver Post: All Political News
"I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the so-called 'Carbon Footprint' to permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military -- even if no other country would do the same. Brilliant!" -- President Donald Trump, in a tweet on Feb. 9 "There are multiple doctored GND (Green New Deal) resolutions and FAQs floating around. There was also a draft version that got uploaded + taken down. There's also draft versions floating out there. Point is, the real one is our submitted resolution, H.Res. 109." -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a tweet on Feb. 9
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What killed Washington’s carbon tax?	21.1.2019	Current Issue
The curious death of 1631 and what it says about the future of addressing climate change.
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Democrats are divided over the Green New Deal	14.1.2019	High Country News Most Recent
Can newly elected progressives convince party leaders to embrace a bold climate agenda?
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Colorado’s Electric Car Dream: More charging stations, less smog and the warm embrace of renewable energy	22.12.2018	Denver Post: Local
The state of Colorado is growing more bullish on electric vehicles as it launches a plan to build more charging stations and "electrify" more of the state's transportation sector.
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Is nuclear energy the key to saving the planet?	10.12.2018	Current Issue
A new generation of environmentalists is learning to stop worrying and love atomic power.
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Colorado’s plans for $68.7 million Volkswagen pollution settlement finalized	24.3.2018	Denver Post: All Political News
Colorado has finalized plans for spending the $68.7 million the state will get in the Volkswagen emission scandal settlement.
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White House seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research, underscoring administration’s preference for fossil fuels	1.2.2018	Denver Post: News: Local
The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department's renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing them by 72 percent overall in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.
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EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel interests	26.1.2018	Denver Post: Business
The Trump administration announced Thursday it is doing away with a decades-old air emissions policy opposed by fossil fuel companies, a move that environmental groups say will result in more pollution.
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As coal falters, a large polluter in Colorado could close its doors	10.12.2017	Denver Post: Local
A king would be nothing without his crown. And in northern Colorado, King Coal's crown is Rawhide Unit One, Larimer County's lone coal power plant and biggest polluter.
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It’s time to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to electric	3.12.2017	Denver Post: Opinion
Merril Matthews gives another hypocritical right-wing critique of electric vehicles. He complains about government subsidies for EVs while ignoring the far more massive subsidies for fossil-fuel vehicles.
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Coal. Guns. Freedom?	21.9.2017	High Country News Most Recent
How the Trump administration has seized mythologies around coal.
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Colorado’s $68.7 million from VW emissions-cheating settlement will replace older vehicles, fund electric charging stations	19.9.2017	Denver Post: Business
Colorado has begun allowing the public to have its say on how the state should slice up the $68.7 million it’s getting in the Volkswagen emissions scandal settlement.
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