Final Environmental Impact Statement for KXL
Comment Period Open Until March 7th Comment Here The US Department of State released the Environmental Impact Statement for the new proposed route for the Keystone XL pipeline and they are soliciting...
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Colorado Regulates Methane and VOCs from Oil & Gas Operations
Colorado is now the first state in the nation to regulate methane from the 50,000 oil and gas wells in the state. The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) passed the regulations on Sunday,...
View ArticleEPA Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards
Comment Period Extended Until May 9th, 2014 Coloradans approve of new GHG regulations. Help us show the EPA this is true Comment Now The EPA is in the final stage of rulemaking on how they will...
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US EIA on the Economics of Coal: No Comment
At the end of 2013, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) acknowledged that it does not know whether the vast majority of US coal can be mined profitably. If coal mining isn’t profitable,...
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A Long Time Coming: Revising US Coal Reserves
In my previous post I highlighted the recent, quiet admission by the US EIA (in a fine-print footnote to Table 15 of their 2012 Annual Coal Report) that they do not know what fraction of our nation’s...
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In Good Company: A Look at Global Coal Reserve Revisions
In my last post, I recounted some of the indications that have surfaced over the last decade that US coal reserves might not be as large as we think. The work done by the USGS assessing our reserves,...
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Geology and Markets, not EPA, Waging War on Coal
With the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rules limiting carbon pollution from the nation’s electricity sector, you’ve no doubt been hearing a lot of industry outrage about...
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Citizen Power Training
Sept. 3rd, 2014 6 – 8 pm University of Colorado Boulder Campus Hale Building, Room 260 How can students change energy policies in our state? How can we act in solidarity to move state legislators to...
View ArticlePublic Comment Period for Oil & Gas Task Force
Local Control or Big Fossil Interests? Thursday, September 25th, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Colorado Parks and Wildlife 6060 Broadway, Denver 80216, Hunter Education Building Remember the compromise that...
View ArticleTime for a New Equation for Affordability
Clean Energy Action helped support the Co-op Members Alliance to release this latest report on affordable rates in Tri-State territory. Read Time for a New Equation for Affordability Here: Exec Summary...
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The New Realities of Solar and Storage
The combination of increasingly inexpensive solar panels and lithium-based batteries is a powerful one. Look no further than the Solar Impulse 2, a completely solar-powered plane that can fly through...
View ArticleTell the Bureau of Land Management to Stop the Coal Giveaway!
12 pm to 4 pm Listening Session from 1 pm to 3 pm Arrive at Noon to Signup and Enjoy Lunch Marriott Denver West 1717 Denver West Drive, Golden, CO 80401 In recent years, the Bureau of Land Management...
View ArticleClean Power Plan: What Does It Mean For Colorado and the West?
What role will new carbon pollution regulations play in our region? Light Refreshments 5:30 pm Event starts at 6 pm Monday, August 17th, 2015 Boulder Main Public Library Boulder Creek Room – Main Floor...
View ArticleA Massive Open (Money) Pit
As the nation’s 4th largest coal producer, Alpha Natural Resources, muddles through Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, it has struck a deal with the state of Wyoming regarding land reclamation...
View ArticleInfrared Video Reveals Gas Leaks
More than Meets the Eye While the naked eye cannot detect methane, infrared photography can. Forward looking infrared technology – the same thermal imaging technology used by the military to track...
View ArticleProtect Colorado’s Forests from New Coal Mining
Tell the Forest Service not to give Arch Coal, a company that today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, access to 19,000 acres of pristine, roadless National Forest for new coal mining. Devastating...
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Feb. 18, 5:30 pm: Richard Revesz: Struggling for Air
Power Plants and the “War on Coal” Special CU Guest Lecture: Richard Revesz New York University School of Law Lawrence King Professor of Law Dean Emeritus Director, Institute for Policy Integrity 5:30...
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Coal Leasing and Self-Bonding Warnings Finally Heeded
Brief Overview: After years of pressure from a coalition of groups including Clean Energy Action, the Obama administration initiated two critical reforms to the nation’s coal program, placing a...
View ArticleExpand Coal Mining in Colorado? No Way!
Please join Clean Energy Action and others by signing this petition urging rejection of the ColoWyo Mine Expansion. You have until Friday, February 19th to let the Obama Administration’s Office of...
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Mar. 28, 6 pm: Colorado’s Coal Reliance — What’s Next?
Colorado’s Coal Reliance: What’s Next? Leslie Glustrom, Clean Energy Action Zane Selvans, PhD 6:00 pm Event Begins 5:45 pm Light Refreshments Boulder Main Public Library Boulder Creek Room – Main Floor...
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