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New Report Data: Colorado Keeping Ahead of EPA on Mercury Pollution

A Colorado plan up for final approval in the state legislature will cut the state’s mercury emissions 10% according to data in the new Environment Colorado report Dirty Energy’s Assault on our Health: Mercury.  The state’s plan, to phase out several old coal-burning plants, is completed only months before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to propose a standard by March to limit mercury and other toxic air pollution from power plants nationwide.

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Environment Colorado applauds appointment of TJ Deora to direct Governor’s Energy Office

The following statement is by Environment Colorado Program Director Pam Kiely regarding the appointment of TJ Deora, formerly of Horizon Wind, to direct the Governor’s Energy Office.

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U.S. Senate Bill Would Extend Clean Energy Provisions

After much debate and negotiations between the White House and Congressional Democrats and Republicans, the Senate tax bill passed today included a provision to extend critical clean energy tax incentives.

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Utilities Commission issues landmark Clean Air, Clean Jobs decision Children, families can breathe easier along the Front Range, yet one critical issue remains

In a bipartisan, unanimous decision, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) indicated their intention in deliberations today to approve a plan under the landmark “Clean Air, Clean Jobs” Act that would retire 4 Denver-metro coal-fired power units and switch the remaining unit to burning natural gas. Regulators have worked for eight months to implement the Act, which passed the legislature last spring, and created a framework for replacing old, inefficient and dirty coal-fired power generation with cleaner energy solutions that provide for healthier air and clean energy jobs for Colorado. 

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Commission deliberates on landmark Clean Air Plan

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) began deliberations this afternoon to approve a plan under the landmark “Clean Air, Clean Jobs” Act. Regulators have worked for eight months to implement the Act, which passed the legislature last spring, and created a framework for replacing old, inefficient and dirty coal-fired power generation with cleaner energy solutions that provide for healthier air and clean energy jobs for Colorado.

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