Five Key Questions Ahead of President Biden’s Visit to Colorado

On Wednesday, President Biden will travel to Colorado to attend an event at Camp Hale with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and other elected officials where he is expected to designate a new national monument and to tout the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy Act. But the timing of the visit is interesting given that the greatest

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Colorado Governor Reversed Course On Ozone Waiver But EPA Won’t Follow Suit, Consumers to Face Higher Gas Prices

The Environmental Protection Agency has responded to Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) plea for an ozone waiver that he previously declined, and the news isn’t good for Colorado drivers. The EPA confirmed that Polis’s decision not to seek an ozone nonattainment waiver means that Coloradans will be required to buy reformulated gasoline, which is more expensive,

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EPA Rejection of Utah’s Ozone Waiver Ignores Key Data

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency denied the state of Utah’s request to seek a waiver from the ozone nonattainment list, ignoring key data that shows the majority of the state’s ozone  problems lie outside of the state’s control. Utah’s waiver, submitted last year by the state’s Department of Air Quality (UDAQ) and known as

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Cuomo’s Energy Initiatives Put New York City at Risk of Another Blackout

Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Andrew Cuomo’s plans for New York City’s natural gas peaking plants depend on untried and technologically challenging renewables. He’s risking a blackout. On February 28, 2019 the New York State of Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) proposed regulations to lower allowable nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from simple

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