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Colorado utility plots strategies to finish its push to carbon-free power by 2030

By Allen Best

Platte River Power Authority expects fully eliminating emissions will require more distributed resources and changes to how it manages peak demand.

Colorado
Houses with solar panels

As costs rack up in Boulder’s push to split with Xcel, voters to have the final say

By Allen Best

Climate advocates in the Colorado city, eager to accelerate the push for clean energy, are divided over whether to cut a deal or continue a complex process to form their own utility.

Colorado

Colorado utilities fear wildfire risk — and liability — amid warming climate

By Allen Best

Mindful of PG&E’s struggles in California, Xcel Energy and electrical cooperatives are stepping up efforts to minimize the risk of causing wildfires.

Transition in Coal Country
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As Colorado towns come to grips with a coal-free future, the state looks for ways to help

By Allen Best

Ideas range from retraining to relocation programs to funding to help towns realize tourism potential.

Transition in Coal Country
colorado town with power plant in distance

Amid the pandemic, can Colorado still lead on a just transition from coal?

By Allen Best

A new draft report outlines the state’s strategy as COVID-19 accelerates the crisis.

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Will Blackjewel leave Eastern Kentuckians to clean up its abandoned coal mines?

Source: Lexington Herald Leader

Ohio attorney general asks judge to block FirstEnergy surcharge in nuclear bailout scandal

Source: Reuters

Massachusetts governor vetoes climate bill, citing housing concerns

Source: WBUR

Will 2021 be the year for environmental justice legislation? States are already leading the way

Source: Inside Climate News

Amid production woes, U.S. coal deaths at historic low in 2020

Source: Associated Press

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Midwest Energy News

January 15 2021

Minnesota falls further behind on emission-reduction targets

EMISSIONS: • Minnesota is falling further behind on its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets largely because of increased natural gas usage and transportation emissions. (Star Tribune) • Transportation-related nitrogen dioxide emissions declined markedly in the St. Louis area over the past year during the pandemic, following trends in cities globally. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) POLITICS: Exelon […]

Southeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Coal bankruptcy could leave massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities

COAL: Kentucky residents worry that bankrupt coal operator Blackjewel may abandon many of its unreclaimed surface mines, leaving a massive environmental mess for taxpayers and communities. (Lexington Herald-Leader) ALSO: A new report says the cost of reclaiming nearly half a million billion acres of mined land in West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee may […]

Northeast Energy News

January 15 2021

Massachusetts Gov. Baker vetoes climate roadmap bill

CLIMATE: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoes a comprehensive climate roadmap bill, saying its efficiency requirements would have burdened the housing sector and that the bill lacked tools for localities to address environmental justice issues. (Masslive.com) ALSO: • Maine and two private organizations are taking preliminary steps to include small woodlot owners to use their trees […]

Western Energy News

January 15 2021

Critics say Colorado’s new climate plan still too vague

CLIMATE: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reveals a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution with a goal of reaching 100% renewable energy by 2040, but critics say the roadmap is still not specific enough. (CBS Denver, Colorado Sun) ALSO: A new California program aiming to support Native American tribes’ clean energy efforts in the state […]

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