Author: Scott Weiser
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Colorado spends $550,000 in campaign to promote electric vehicle sales
A Colorado state agency spent more than half a million dollars to tout the benefits of electric vehicles in an educational campaign that promotes the EV industry. The campaign, which the state launched Monday, seeks to inform Coloradans about how, among other things, “seamlessly EVs can fit into your life and find answers to all…
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Water district plans for new filtration system to eliminate ‘forever’ chemicals, follow EPA advisory
The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District plans to build a new filtration system to catch “forever chemicals” that may be undetectable, even as the district noted that the Environmental Protection Agency has “moved the goalposts.” The district said it hired a leading environmental and construction services firm, Brown and Caldwell, to design a new…
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Xcel customers likely to see higher energy rates as winter arrives
Colorado customers likely face steeper energy bills in the New Year if natural gas prices remain high, as experts anticipate, even after coping with hikes in electricity and natural gas costs exceeding 50% in the last year, not to mention soaring inflation. Global demand for natural gas, caused in part by the Russian war in…
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Dormant railroad that served Camp Hale looks to come back to life
A complex, multifront battle over a dormant railroad from Pueblo to Minturn and Eagle continues to simmer. The Tennessee Pass rail line, built in 1881 and taken out of service in 1997, recently attracted interest in reviving the line from a company wanting to ship grain from its large agricultural holdings in eastern Colorado to…
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Dormant railroad that served Camp Hale National Monument looking to come back to life
A complex, multifront battle over a dormant railroad from Pueblo to Minturn and Eagle continues to simmer. The Tennessee Pass rail line, built in 1881 and taken out of service in 1997, recently attracted interest in reviving the line from both a company wanting to ship grain from its large agricultural holdings in eastern Colorado…
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When things go wrong at the Colorado polling stations – the spoiled ballot
When you go to vote in person, what happens if you make a mistake, or your ballot is damaged? This reporter found out Monday when I went to vote at the Monument City Hall voting center. Rather than fill in the bubbles on a pre-printed ballot, I decided to try El Paso County’s ballot printing…
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Environmental groups sues Colorado over permit to burn petroleum fumes
A state permit for a tanker truck repair center to burn off vapors from tanks they work on is being challenged in court by environmental activists. The Center for Biological Diversity and North Range Concerned Citizens filed the suit in Adams County District Court in Brighton Friday claiming allowing Polar Service Center to flare vapors…
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Aurora Mayor Coffman criticizes RTD for its response to R-Line derailment
More than 11 weeks after the Regional Transportation District’s R-Line light rail train derailed, service has not returned and the shuttle buses bridging the gap for riders stopped. That drew the ire of Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman. “RTD is clearly a bloated bureaucracy in search of a mission and providing a reliable transit service to…
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Environmental groups file motion to intervene in lawsuit against state over air pollution monitoring
Community and environmental groups in the area around the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Suncor against the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division. GreenLatinos, the Elyria-Swansea Neighborhood Association, Healthy Air and Water Colorado, Womxn from the Mountain, Conservation Colorado…
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Xcel Energy’s natural gas rate hike proposal slashed by regulators, saving customers millions
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission slashed Xcel Energy’s latest natural gas rate increase request by 70% Tuesday – from $214.6 million to $64.2 million. The new base rate will take effect Nov. 1. The regulatory agency also denied the energy company’s request for $81 million for future, unspecified capital expenses. Xcel Energy warns customers of fake…