While consumers are shocked by soaring electric bills, on February 13 a Virginia Senate committee approved creating the Virginia Power Innovation Fund to…
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference to announce expanded eligibility for state residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19, at the Governor s Mansion Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Denver.
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Gov. Jared Polis has threatened to veto a climate action bill from state lawmakers in his own party, escalating a battle among Colorado Democrats over how to reduce the state’s contribution to global warming.
Colorado Springs Gazette editorial board, Polis said he could not support SB21-200, a climate bill designed to empower air regulators to enforce the state’s greenhouse gas emission-reduction goals. Polis signed those goals into law in 2019. The plan commits Colorado to cut climate-warming emissions 26 percent by 2025, 50 percent by 2030 and 90 percent by 2050 below 2005 emissions levels.