Colorado Regulators and Xcel Energy Craft Fuel Switching Strategy - In Secret!
July 12, 2010 - 11:00 AM
To continue to conduct these discussions behind closed doors violates both the letter and spirit of the Colorado Open Meetings Law. The underlying legislation – House Bill 1365 – was itself the product of closed door negotiations between the Governor, Xcel Energy, the natural gas lobby, and anti-coal interests. ...
Study finds $700B in costs for switching from coal to gas generation
July 7, 2010 - 4:22 PM
The American Public Power Association released a study July 7 that examines the infrastructure and investment impediments to switching from coal-fired power plants to natural gas-fired plants....
New Baseload Power TV Ad (Video)
June 24, 2010 - 10:02 AM
Watch the New Baseload Power TV Ad ...
2009 Coal Production and Employment
June 22, 2010 - 10:43 AM
Dianna's Legislative Report May 2010
May 7, 2010 - 8:31 AM
Member Update
Mining Matters TV ad
May 3, 2010 - 3:41 PM
Current Mining Matters TV ad (Video)...
New Blog - Energy Bill is a Trojan Horse for Higher Rates. Employment
April 19, 2010 - 2:29 PM
New Blog from Stuart Sanderson on HB 1365...
GOVERNOR SIGNS NATURAL GAS GIVEAWAY
April 19, 2010 - 12:06 PM
In a signing ceremony today, Governor Bill Ritter signed into law HB 1365, which will result in lost jobs, higher electricity rates and a windfall for natural gas interests. ...
Dianna's Legislative Report April 2010
April 14, 2010 - 3:25 PM
Member Update
Sentis Safety Symposium
April 6, 2010 - 10:00 AM
Clean energy bill a bust - By Stuart Sanderson
April 1, 2010 - 5:05 PM
House Bill 1365, erroneously called the Clean Energy-Clean Jobs Act, speedily moved through the Colorado legislature under a plan engineered by Gov. Bill Ritter, Xcel Energy, the natural gas industry and some environmentalists....
See the Study That Shows HB 1365 Will Cost Colorado Energy Consumers 2 Billion Dollars
April 1, 2010 - 2:45 PM
Study by Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc....
Natural Gas Giveaway Will Cause Higher Rates and Lost Jobs
April 1, 2010 - 2:35 PM
HB 1365, the secret deal that resulted in a giveaway to natural gas lobbyists and industry, passed the Senate. In a press release, CMA condemned the closed door bargain, saying it would cost more than 500 jobs and cause electricity rates to sky rocket. ...
Food Bank Study - Poor Must Choose Between Food and Paying for Utilities
March 19, 2010 - 4:25 PM
US air quality is improving
March 19, 2010 - 1:50 PM
A recently release EPA study shows air quality for six pollutants continues to improve. ...
Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies
March 19, 2010 - 1:24 PM
Clean Coal Technology
March 19, 2010 - 1:23 PM
Clean Coal Technology - Emissions Reductions
March 18, 2010 - 12:15 PM
Oppose House Bill 1365! Save Colorado Jobs!
March 18, 2010 - 12:12 PM
The Colorado Legislature may soon send Gov. Bill Ritter (D) a bill that will severely reduce the use of affordable coal-based electricity on Colorado’s Front Range, causing a massive spike in energy prices for Colorado families and businesses....
Carbon Capture and Storage
March 18, 2010 - 12:06 PM
National Mining Association Briefing Paper on Carbon Capture...
March 2010 Rock & Coal Newsletter
March 12, 2010 - 2:34 PM
Mining Industry Stars Light up CMA Show...
March Legislative Report
March 8, 2010 - 9:57 AM
Member Update
Dianna's Legislative Report for the month of March ...
Lawrence Solomon - No Cap and Trade; No Carbon Tax
February 24, 2010 - 3:30 PM
New CMA Blog -
Lawrence Solomon, author of "The Deniers" addressed the 112th National Western Mining Conference.
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February Legislative Report
February 22, 2010 - 4:17 PM
Member Update
Dianna's Legislative Report for the Month of February....
No-energy policies hurting Colorado - By Rep. Doug Lamborn
January 28, 2010 - 2:52 PM
President Obama's misguided energy policies must be reversed because they are hurting the economy. Even though no binding agreement came out of the climate summit in Copenhagen, and the cap and trade bill is stalled in the Senate, both have injected uncertainty into a fragile economy. ...
Global warming again dead last: If polls say 'yes,' why do lawmakers say 'maybe'?
January 26, 2010 - 10:49 AM
Dealing with global warming ranks at the bottom of the public’s list of priorities; just 28% consider this a top priority, the lowest measure for any issue tested in the survey. Since 2007, when the item was first included on the priorities list, dealing with global warming has consistently ranked at or near the bottom. Even so, the percentage that now says addressing global warming should be a top priority has fallen 10 points from 2007, when 38% considered it a top priority....
Great Myth Number One of Energy Independence: Renewables Will Wean Us off Foreign Oil
January 23, 2010 - 11:42 AM
New blog from CMA about energy independence
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Calif. likely to miss 2010, 2020 RPS targets -- study
January 19, 2010 - 5:36 PM
California's privately held utilities won't meet a state mandate to generate at least 20 percent of their power from renewable energy sources by the end of 2010, according to a new study of U.S. energy markets....
Harsanyi: Perils of the green energy economy
January 14, 2010 - 4:50 PM
One glorious day all of us will awaken in our mixed-use neighborhoods, rustle up a nutritious garden-grown breakfast and pedal our bikes to a "green collar" jobs using a path generously provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act....
Carroll: Obama's green jobs fantasy
January 13, 2010 - 4:51 PM
How do you persuade deficit-wary (and weary) Americans to support still more federal spending to boost the economy? If you're the president, you trumpet spending on "clean" technology and then make claims that require your audience to suspend their critical faculties.
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