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Move to block EPA regulation rejected
- Denver Daily News (new window)
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2010-06-11 |
| Colorado’s two U.S. senators yesterday voted against controversial legislation that would have prevented the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing carbon dioxide-reduction controls. | |
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Environment Colorado Analyzes Senate Resolution to Block Parts of Clean Air Act
- KUNC (new window)
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2010-06-09 |
| The U.S. Senate is set to vote Thursday on legislation that would block new Environmental Protection Agency rules requiring higher fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks. Some lawmakers see the measure, being proposed by Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, as their best hope of blocking new clean air standards set by the EPA - which they say will be too costly for businesses. Denver-based advocacy group Environment Colorado says it would also increase Colorado's dependence on oil by 7 million gallons a year. Field Director Gavin Clark | |
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Coloradans rally to oppose Murkowski bid to block EPA on Clean Air Act
- Colorado Independent (new window)
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2010-06-08 |
| Colorado environmentalists are rallying opposition to a resolution floated by Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing several key aspects of the Clean Air Act. | |
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Thursday Is High Noon for Sen. Murkowski's Climate Resolution
- New York Times (new window)
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2010-06-07 |
| In a vote that could be a precursor to a summer debate on climate and energy legislation, the Senate is set to vote Thursday on whether to unravel U.S. EPA's authority to issue climate rules. | |
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Clean air measure moves
- Denver Daily News (new window)
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2010-03-17 |
| During a legislative session in which Republicans and Democrats have bickered about everything from increasing the state’s renewable energy standard to eliminating tax credits and incentives for business, the two political sides have come together to clean-up coal-fired power plants. A broad bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, environmentalists and utility companies came together yesterday to announce the introduction of the Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act. The legislation would require Xcel Energy to retire, retrofit or repower northern Front Range coal-fired power plants by the end of 2017, replacing them with facilities fueled by natural gas and other low- or non-emitting energy sources. | |
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Kansas nixes Tri-State power plant
- Pueblo Chieftain (new window)
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2007-10-23 |
| The denial of an air-quality permit to Tri-State and Sunflower Electric by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment last week was the first time that carbon-dioxide emissions have been cited as a reason for denial in the United States. Health department secretary Rod Bremby denied the permit on the basis of carbon dioxide because it is a greenhouse gas associated with climate change. | |
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