A funny thing happened at the Colorado Senate Finance Committee meeting last week. A transportation policy meeting broke out, carrying an environmental debate on its back.
And yet they we were talking about the Taxpayerâs Bill of Rights, climate change, carpool lanes, seed money for Front Range rail and kicking the can down the road into a pothole for nearly eight hours.
Welcome to the way Colorado handles a service every one of us depend on every day. That one hearing looked like a greatest hits collection of why we canât have nice things.
Sen. Steve Fenberg is admirably pitching the most serious attempt Iâve seen in the 20 years I ve lived in this state to fill a deep hole in transportation needs, growth planning and collective cynicism.
WASHINGTON In less than 24 hours, over 300 climate, community, faith, indigenous and environmental groups from across the country signed a letter to Democratic leaders voicing opposition to a range of fossil fuel subsidies that could be included in a must pass appropriations bill.
As Senate committees work to pass appropriations bills, fears are rising that lawmakers will include provisions that provide subsidies for fossil fuel extraction, offshore drilling and nuclear energy as part of a backroom deal negotiated between Republican and Democratic leadership. The letter raises concerns that these last minute secret amendments could also support ‘false solutions’ being pushed by dirty energy interests like carbon capture and storage, biofuels, carbon offsets and carbon pricing.