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2012 snapshot of New Energy Economy's cost to ratepayers 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- January 21, 2013
The numbers are in, and they aren’t pretty. Four of the largest cost driving pieces of legislation enabling Colorado’s New Energy Economy cost Xcel Energy ratepayers nearly half a billion dollars in 2012 alone. Adding insult to injury, some of the electricity produced wasn’t needed in the first place according to a just released report
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NY Governor scared of his eco-left flank 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- January 9, 2013
For the last four years, the state of New York has imposed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing supposedly to give Governor Andrew Cuomo time to study the process before making a decision on whether or not to lift it. Four years seems like a long time to study a process that has been around for
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Fossil fuel use protects us from climate-related risks 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- December 21, 2012
This editorial from Brian T. Schwartz originally appeared in the Boulder Daily Camera on December 15, 2012. Many people will uncritically blame fossil fuel use for recent warm weather. But they are blind to how fossil fuels have reduced climate-related deaths since the 1920s. Since then, climate-related death rates have decreased by 98 percent, explains
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Hate fuels Boulder fracking debate 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Archive, ENERGY - Legal
- December 11, 2012
“The function of the Human Relations Commission is to foster mutual respect and understanding and to create an atmosphere conducive to the promotion of amicable relations among all members of the city’s community.” Boulder Human Relations Office For a community with an “Office of Human Rights” and is home to a university with a multi-million
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