Aug 17, 2016
This morning several Democratic groups, including ProgressNow, came out against Amendment 69, government run healthcare. To say this is a betrayal of their liberal brethren is an understatement. And Democratic state Sen. Irene Aguilar, the initiative’s major...
Aug 17, 2016
Today, Democrats will host a press conference to explain why they are coming out against Amendment 69, which would bring Colorado single-payer (read: government-run) health care. Headlining the presser are ProgressNow, NARAL, and Rep. Crisanta Duran, who is viewed as...
Aug 17, 2016
The EPA fined itself $50,000 for spilling millions of gallons of mine waste into the Animas River last year and for failing to alert local officials to the water pollution flowing down river. Just kidding. The EPA filed suit against a private gold and silver mining...
Aug 16, 2016
First coal, now oil? While Obama’s War on Coal is well documented, his administration has taken a (slightly) softer approach towards the oil and gas industry. Long-term weakness in the price of gas, combined with the dip in oil prices approaching its second...
Aug 16, 2016
Hilary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, was in Colorado this week schmoozing donors and, among other things, touting an energy policy that would be very bad for our state. Here is what Mook told Colorado Public Radio his boss wants to do about energy...
Aug 16, 2016
Without radical environmentalist Tom Steyer’s millions, the anti-fracking forces in Colorado turned in a rumored (and embarrassing) 105,000 signatures per ballot initiative. Each ballot initiative would have essentially banned fracking in Colorado. Fractivists...