Colorado Governor, John Hickenlooper is considering instituting an executive order that would require the states power sector to reduce its carbon emissions by 35%, by the year 2030. A spokesman from Hickenlooper’s office said that the executive order is still in a rough draft phase, the governor is taking input and Continue reading
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Hickenlooper May Demand Carbon Emission Reductions
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Clean Power Plan has Yet to be Published in Federal Register
The Environmental Protection Agency has yet to publish its Clean Power Plan in the Federal Register, and that has states crying foul. The EPA’s rule, which limits carbon emissions from U.S. power plants and will raise electricity rates for most Americans, was finalized in August, but the agency is dragging its feet in publishing the Continue reading
Businesses Write Letter Supporting EPA Clean Power Rule
A group of Colorado businesses have opened themselves up to scrutiny by writing an open letter to Governor Hickenlooper, supporting the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Rule. The rule will force power plants to reduce carbon emissions, significantly within the next 15 years, a costly move that could shut some plants Continue reading
Fossil Fuel Rally to be Held in Utah
The South East Utah Energy Producers Association will hold a Coal and Fossil Fuel Rally in Price, Utah next month. The event will include free food, entertainment, contests and addresses from keynote speakers. The rally is in response to new EPA rules regulating carbon emissions. The group is trying to bring attention to the Continue reading
McCarthy Rolls Out New Carbon Emission Rules
President Obama decided to let EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy roll out new EPA rules on carbon emissions today, instead of announcing them himself. The rules are expected to cost the U.S. economy over Continue reading
Obama Set to Introduce New EPA Rule
President Obama will roll out new EPA rules on carbon emissions in the upcoming week, rules that are expected to cost the U.S. economy over $50 billion a year, and put 244,000 people out of a job from now until 2030. Those numbers come from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which studied the likely effects of the president’s Continue reading
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