Michael Sandoval

States should stop subsidizing costly electric vehicles for the rich 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Opinion Editorials, The Hill
- March 27, 2017
When it comes to taxpayer handouts for wealthy early adopters and businesses seeking to purchase electric vehicles (EVs) and innovative trucks, Coloradans should look to Georgia, not California, for inspiration.
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Time for Colorado Energy Office to receive more than an audit 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal, ENERGY - Renewable Energy
- January 31, 2017
The Colorado Energy Office continues to show some irregularities in its spending and handling of tens of millions of dollars, according to a newly released performance audit. A 2011 Independence Institute investigation of the CEO, formerly the Governor’s Energy Office, sparked the call for a 2012 audit by the Office of the State Auditor that
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EPA employees plan resistance to Trump agency reform efforts 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal
- January 23, 2017
Back in November, the Independence Institute previewed what opposition the incoming Trump administration would likely face if campaign pledges to reform and reduce the size and scope of federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Administration, concluding that in many cases, personnel is policy. Newly leaked reports and sources within the agency hint that the personnel
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Hickenlooper’s executive order on carbon pulled after loss of political cover 0
- Energy, ENERGY - Governing Bodies / Agencies, ENERGY - Legal
- January 23, 2017
Earlier this month Governor John Hickenlooper quashed his own plans for issuing an executive order on carbon emissions for Colorado after nearly six months of speculation and pushback. The original draft plan, as we reported back in August 2016, would have directed “Colorado’s state agencies to implement policies to achieve a minimum 25 percent reduction
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