Rate increase request exposes hypocrisy of tiered rates

by Amy Oliver | 8:16 am, January 12, 2012

Xcel Energy’s recently denied $142 million interim rate increase request exposes the hypocrisy of tiered rates, which were implemented out of fear that high demand would require the building of additional power plants. Yet, more than 37 percent or $52.6 million of Xcel’s request was to cover the cost of excess capacity. In other words, [...]

Market not keen on green energy stocks

by Amy Oliver | 6:33 pm, January 3, 2012

This article originally appeared in the Estes Park Trail-Gazette.  Author Jon Nicholas discussed it in more detail on The Amy Oliver Show on News Talk 1310 KFKA.
Vestas, Green Energy Sold Short
By Jon Nicholas
Colorado has become a leader in government subsidizing green jobs.  A major beneficiary of those state and local subsidies has been a Danish [...]

EP’s 2011 Recap: Part 2, Exploding The Myth of Green Jobs

by elpresidente | 9:00 am, December 29, 2011

Challenging the myth of former Gov. Bill Ritter’s fabled “New Energy Economy” was no small task, but thankfully this endeavor paid off more than its fair share of earned media dividends, and cemented my collaborative efforts with one of my favorite writers and mentors, Amy Oliver. Way back in February, a hot tip was passed [...]

Bombshell: CSU Profs Downgrade Ability To Predict Hurricanes Six Months Out, “Have Not Shown Real-Time Forecast Skill”

by elpresidente | 6:13 am, December 14, 2011

Every year for almost three decades hurricane predictions made by Colorado State University professor William Gray–joined by Philip Klotzbach–have made the news cycle, with people especially vulnerable to the next year’s batch of damaging hurricanes paying particular interest to the number of storms forecasted by reputable research scientists. After 20 years, the CSU profs took [...]

NREL Layoffs Update: $298M in Stimulus Not Enough to Save 100-150 Jobs

by elpresidente | 5:38 am, October 4, 2011

Blame a gridlocked Congress. Blame budget forecasts, or the “current Washington climate.” Despite more than $298,000,000 in stimulus funds awarded as contracts or grants to the National Renewable Energy Lab–managed by the 501(c)3 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC in Golden, Colorado through the second quarter of 2011, more than 100-150 jobs look to be cut [...]

Breaking: National Renewable Energy Laboratory Cutting 10% of Workforce after Millions in Stimulus

by elpresidente | 7:52 pm, October 3, 2011

Update 2: From the Independence Institute, energy blogger Amy Oliver notes NREL’s managing company is a 501(c)3, and therefore not subject to open records laws. She also outlines a few more details–NREL saw funding INCREASE 63.4% from 2007 to 2010, to more than $500 million. Update: Alliance for Sustainable Energy assumed operations of NREL in [...]

Green Stimulus for Billionaires: Obama Bundler Pat Stryker, Company Invested Millions in Abound Solar, Recipient of $400M DOE Loan Guarantee

by elpresidente | 6:04 am, September 30, 2011

Complete Colorado‘s Todd Shepherd first broke ground last September on the pay-to-play implications behind Abound Solar’s $400m Department of Energy loan guarantee touted by President Barack Obama in a July 2010 radio address and its connections to a Democratic Congresswoman seeking reelection and one of the state’s highest-profile Democratic donors. Shepherd took a look at [...]

Goreacle: Boulder Features in 2nd Hour of ‘Climate Reality Project’

by admin | 10:31 pm, September 15, 2011

Hour 2 of the “Climate Reality Project” marathon featured a slideshow presentation from a Boulder science teacher, a panel (including actor Mark Ruffalo, former Weather Channel personality Heidi Cullen, and Al Gore), and a video that attempts to link climate change skepticism with the tobacco industry. Video streaming by Ustream Anthony Watts of ‘Watts Up [...]

Today’s “Oil is Evil” Video

by elpresidente | 9:06 am, September 2, 2011

The Daily Caller is up with a video of protestors against the Keystone pipeline project stretching from oil sands in Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. “Which side are you on Obama?” indeed.

PPC Exclusive: Colorado Green Jobs Report Estimates Put Number At 2.8% of State Workforce

by elpresidente | 1:56 pm, August 29, 2011

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment released an “Interim Report on Green Jobs in the Colorado Economy” in late July estimating that 61,239 jobs, or roughly 2.8% of the state’s workforce, can be classified as a “green job” under the rubric drawn up by CDLE, the Office of Labor Market Information, and the Business [...]

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