The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $8 million to projects in Colorado’s 3rd District under the agency’s new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) created under the new conservation title of the 2014 Farm Bill. The Continue reading
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USDA Awards Money for Hydropower Programs
House Passes Work Week Bill
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives voted yesterday to restore the full-time 40-hour work week. Obamacare requires all businesses with the equivalent of over 50 full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage Continue reading
Tipton Endorsed by Durango Herald
Representative Scott Tipton has picked up an endorsement from a Colorado newspaper. The Durango Herald this week praised Tipton for his fight against federal regulations on water, land, energy, and species issues among others. While the publication says that sometimes Tipton’s anti-regulation mindset goes too far, his questions regarding the intentions of the federal government are “relevant and worthy of Continue reading
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Tipton Votes in Favor of Three Higher Education Measures
Stressing the need for greater flexibility and transparency in higher education, Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO) voted to advance three pieces of legislation this week to promote innovative competency-based learning, and provide students and parents with information needed to make sound decisions on academic programs and tuition financing options. The Continue reading
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Residents Encouraged to Attend Rally at EPA Hearing
Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid is encouraging anyone who can make it, to attend a rally outside the EPA hearings in Denver July 29th and 30th. The Environmental Protection Agency is holding hearings on its proposed carbon emissions rules, standards the coal industry says will cost thousands of jobs and hike energy Continue reading
Tri-State Requests EPA Hearing in Moffat County
Tri-State Generation and Transmission has written a letter to the EPA, asking that Continue reading
Tipton Casts Vote on Energy
Wild West Radio talked with Representative Scott Tipton yesterday, right after a key energy vote. The Planning for American Energy Act passed the House yesterday, and now moves on to the Senate, where it’s likely to face opposition from Democrats. Representative Cory Gardner also voted in favor of the bill, which aims to incorporate all forms of Continue reading
Tipton to Hold Hearing on Imbalance in Oil and Gas Industry
At 10 this morning, the Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, under the chairmanship of Representative Scott Tipton (R-CO), will conduct a hearing titled “The New Domestic Energy Paradigm: Downstream Challenges for Small Energy Businesses.” The hearing will examine how the growing rate of domestic crude oil production may soon Continue reading
EPA Sued Over New Emissions Rules
Murray Energy Corporation has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency over new carbon emission standards. The lawsuit claims the rules are “illegal, irrational, and destructive cap and tax regulations”. The lawsuit was filed in Washington D.C. yesterday, the same day the rules Continue reading
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