Author: Kathy Fackler
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Support for HB23-1247
HB23-1247 would require the state energy office to study the use of advanced energy solutions in rural Colorado as we accelerate our transition to clean energy. The bill passed with strong bipartisan votes and was signed into law by Gov. Polis on May 20, 2023
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Climate change: ‘We can solve it. We already are’
We’re changing how we power our homes, businesses and transportation. By next year, 50% of the electricity consumed by Tri-State’s co-op customers will come from clean resources. LPEA plans to exceed that by adding in more local renewables. Electric vehicles are mainstream now, as is rooftop solar teamed with battery storage.
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Support for SB23-079
SB23-079 would include nuclear energy as another zero-carbon resource for utilities to consider, subject to community support, economics, and safety review processes. The bill failed to advance out of committee in 2023.
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In climate fight, hope sustains
Thank you for publishing the poignant, practical article about keeping hope alive as we face difficult work. It was the perfect Mother’s Day gift for me this year.
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Carbon management
Carbon capture can play a critical role in meeting our net-zero goals. Economic incentives could help establish commercial-scale projects in Colorado, such as the Coyote Clean Power Project on the Southern Ute reservation, designed with a cleaner natural gas burning process and sequestration of CO2 emissions.
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Many solutions to combat climate change
We have faced unprecedented threats and disruptions in the past few years. Nothing feels stable or predictable anymore. We’ve learned to be resilient instead. That will help us solve the challenges of climate change. In facing down the pandemic, we found new capacity to adapt, to collaborate, to rely on each other. Companies changed what…
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The wrong kind of ingenuity: Bitcoin’s energy problem
You can’t drink Bitcoin and you can’t grow crops from it, but fossil emissions produced through its wasteful algorithm are helping to dry up the Mountain West.
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We should be choosing low emission power sources
Our lights turn on through many different sources these days. Mine turn on from rooftop solar with battery backup. In other homes, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, geothermal or wind powers the lights. New technologies are coming online every year.
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Oil and gas should support carbon-pricing legislation
I was encouraged to hear Carrie Hackenberger say that American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers has named climate change “the most important issue of our time.”
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Somewhere between keep-it-in-the-ground and drill-baby-drill
I’m one of the 68% of Colorado voters who think natural gas and oil will continue to be used for 20 years. I also think we need clean air, clean water, and a climate that supports a prosperous future.
Powering Forward 