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Slaying a dragon: Pruitt strikes down the CPP 0
- October 11, 2017
President Obama and the eco-left’s draconian federal scheme to regulate carbon emissions comes to an end, but Colorado still faces a similar dragon closer to home. I don’t think I’ve ever written this, but thank goodness for the EPA! Well, actually, thank goodness for Administrator Pruitt’s announcement that he will “formally sign a proposal to
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PUC 2-1 vote forces utility to model costly social cost of carbon 0
- March 29, 2017
Colorado Public Utilities Commissioner Frances Koncilja’s concern for ratepayers is limited to the Pueblo area. She is more than willing to load up other low-income Coloradans with additional costs. In a 2-1 vote last Thursday, Koncilja and PUC Chairman Jeff Ackermann ordered the state’s largest monopoly utility to model a $40 per ton social cost
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VIDEO: Go Inside the EPA with Myron Ebell 0
- March 20, 2017
Get inside President Trump’s EPA with transition team leader Myron Ebell and transition team member Amy Cooke. What will the EPA look like under President Donald Trump? What do these changes mean for Colorado? Watch the video below to find out!
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Caldara’s Newsletter 03-17-17 0
- March 17, 2017
You might be reading this on your smartphone while stuck in traffic. How is that possible? The short answer is because the state refuses to prioritize transportation in the budget. Medicaid expansion, crony handouts to Hollywood film makers and Tesla owners, and building bike paths get funded instead. Still, Colorado’s governor and state legislature show
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Dirty secret: EPA & CDPHE coercion, not collaboration, led to CO methane rules 0
- March 6, 2017
Just as President Trump and new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt begin dialing back Obama-era regulations, Governor John Hickenlooper is erroneously trying to paint Colorado’s “model” methane rules as some sort of industry-environmental Kumbaya. A week ago Sunday on Meet the Press the Democrat and possible 2020 presidential campaign contender told host
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Optimism for the EPA in the Age of Trump 0
- February 28, 2017
With the confirmation of former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to become the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency, President Trump is ready to make good on some of his campaign promises to roll back several of President Obama’s controversial, costly, and legally questionable regulations.
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