Tag: Energy
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Colorado Clean Energy Win Swings National Momentum Back to Renewables
With yesterday’s signature, Senate Bill 252, increases Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard for co-operative associations that provide wholesale electricity in the state, and for large electric associations that provide service to at least 100,000 customers. The bill doubles the amount of renewable energy these utilities must provide to 20 percent (from 10 percent) by 2020, while…
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Colorado Clean Energy Win Swings National Momentum Back to Renewables
With yesterday’s signature, Senate Bill 252, increases Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard for co-operative associations that provide wholesale electricity in the state, and for large electric associations that provide service to at least 100,000 customers. The bill doubles the amount of renewable energy these utilities must provide to 20 percent (from 10 percent) by 2020, while…
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50MW Power Purchase Agreement Approved for Largest New Mexico Solar Power Plant
The solar array will realize immediate and very significant water savings over gas-fired or coal-fired generating plants and will also have zero air emissions. The proposed Macho Springs solar power plant will generate enough clean energy to power more than 18,000 average New Mexico homes, which use about 669 kilowatt hours of electricity per month.…
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Fracking Industry Asks NY Court of Appeals to Throw Out Bans
“Our client, the Town of Dryden, is prepared to continue fighting to preserve its way of life from the consequences of oil and gas development and we’ll fight alongside them until this matter is resolved once and for all.”
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Regulating Carbon Emissions: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality on Climate Action
“If we believe in a future with good jobs, a clean environment and a safer world, then we must act to prevent the effects of climate change. We can do this while making our economy and environment prosper.”