Tag: Bipartisanship
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What Colorado can teach Washington about energy
Co-authored with Delta County Commissioner Wendell A. Koontz – In Delta County, a solar project that once divided neighbors became a model for how to build trust, protect land, and move clean energy forward. Washington could learn a thing or two.
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Bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act is smart policy
We all face increasing threat from the West’s hotter, drier, denser forests. That’s just a fact. Last year we lost 9 million acres to wildland fire. We can’t fix hot, and we can’t fix dry — not in the short term anyway. But we can fix dense.
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Thankful for Reps. Hurd and Evans for standing up for clean energy tax credits
If Congress takes the energy credits away, not only will it waste capital expenditure funds already invested in the specific projects, but the project failures will trigger a chain reaction — not just in Colorado, but across the United States.
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Support for HB25-1040
HB25-1040 would include nuclear energy as another zero-carbon resource for utilities and energy planners to consider, subject to community support, economics, and safety review processes. The bill passed with strong bipartisan votes and was signed into law by Gov. Polis on March 31, 2025.
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Courage required for energy permitting reform
Co-authored with Delta County Commissioner Wendell A. Koontz – It takes courage, but real people are still working together to solve real problems — even in the U.S. Congress, where lawmakers are forging a common-sense solution to address our energy needs and mitigate climate change. It’s happening through a wonky process called energy permitting reform.
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Permits, lawsuits and the strangulation of American energy
Co-authored with Delta County Commissioner Wendell A. Koontz – If we want reliable energy, we need to build a mix of sources, transmission, and distribution that balances intermittent renewables with firm generation, and connects supply to demand. Our permitting process for large energy projects is strangling that progress.
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Bill will help with timely switch to cleaner energy
Kudos to Senator Dylan Roberts for sponsoring HB23-1247, Assess Advanced Energy Solutions in Rural Colorado. It’s a bill about opportunity – for Colorado’s energy future and for the economic future of our rural areas.
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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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Club 20 detractors should join to add balance
As a Club 20 member, I agree that the organization’s current membership leans conservative, but that is by self-selection. Club 20 welcomes anyone from the Western Slope who wants to join. If Democrats want this influential organization to have a more balanced voice, then more Democrats should join.
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Tipton part of bipartisan effort to address climate change
The members of our congressional delegation have been working across the aisle on practical bipartisan solutions to address climate change, from renewable energy production on public lands to financing for carbon capture.
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