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Plastic bags to be banned at Aspen grocery stores

Aspen City Council on Tuesday voted 4 to 1 to ban plastic bags from the two grocery stores in town and place a 20-cent fee on paper bags.

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Gov. Hickenlooper earns praise from business interests, environmentalists

Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper in his first State of the State speech today managed to strike the right balance between being the pro-business, anti-regulatory jobs creator and a protector of the environment who will continue former Gov. Bill Ritter’s “New Energy Economy.” So say analysts from both sides of the political spectrum.

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Colorado air quality panel OKs cleaner-power plan

Colorado’s plan to curb pollution from power plants and large, commercial boilers in compliance with the federal Clean Air Act passed a key hurdle Friday when the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission gave unanimous approval in a 9-0 vote.