The real cost of being green
September 7, 2010 - 10:42 AM
Gov. Bill Ritter and green energy advocates are selling Colorado a false bill of goods when it comes to the "New Energy Economy." They claim the green energy agenda won't burden consumers, but their interpretation relies on misleading accounting that hides billions of dollars in green energy costs....
Xcel, natural gas and PUC ethics
August 30, 2010 - 11:06 AM
Here’s a fanciful scenario for you: When all the parties show up for the next PUC hearing on the Xcel-natural gas bill, they discover that a couple of the commissioners’ chairs are empty. It seems that, in a seizure of conscience, they disqualified themselves from the case for having a bias against one of the parties and for failing to avoid the appearance of impropriety....
Industry Responds to Xcel Secret Fuel Switch Strategy
August 24, 2010 - 10:04 AM
The Colorado Mining Association (CMA) strongly challenges Xcel's assertion that rates will not rise significantly if the Public Utilities Commission approves its plan, developed in secrecy, to switch from affordable coal to high priced natural gas at its Front Range power plants. ...
2009 Coal Production and Employment
June 22, 2010 - 10:43 AM
Op Ed - The Social Responsibility of Coal
October 13, 2008 - 12:36 PM
Relying more on coal generates benefits that are too often ignored....
Coal Radio Ads
November 7, 2007 - 8:54 AM
Renewable Stealth Tax
October 25, 2007 - 11:09 AM
Democrats in Congress are huddling in their low-carbon-footprint backroom in search of a compromise energy bill, and all eyes have been on the issue of raising fuel-economy standards. But there's a lot more to worry about here than whether so-called Cafe standardsâ rise to 32 miles per gallon, or 35, from 27.5 today....
Coal??s Future Fading To Black
October 10, 2007 - 11:01 AM
Oct 10 - Tampa Tribune Florida, a state that has fought hard to preserve the ban on oil production off its shores, has effectively closed the door on another traditional source of energy. Coal, the black rock used to generate half of the nation's electricity, is getting the heave-ho in Florida for its hefty output of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that scientists have linked to global warming.
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Coal's promise
September 20, 2007 - 10:43 AM
As nations around the world compete with renewed vigor to find reliable supplies of energy for their growing economies, critics in the United States are competing to see who can find the most fault with our most abundant and affordable source of energy: coal....
Denver Post: Letter to the Editor
May 14, 2007 - 12:45 PM
A letter to the editor about coal and wind energy on the energy grid....
