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The Colorado Rural Electric Association (CREA) successfully killed efforts to pass a bill that would have created strong energy savings and big money benefits for Colorado homeowners and businesses.
"The Colorado Rural Electric Association is a penny wise and a dollar foolish," said Heather Maurer with the Colorado Public Interest Research Group (CoPIRG). "The rural utilities decision to block House Bill 1107 will cost Colorado homes and businesses $600 million in money they would have saved on their energy bills."
Proposed transit projects throughout Colorado received a big boost today. CoPIRG, Senator Ken Gordon, Representative Claire Levy sponsored an event at the capitol calling for state lawmakers to expand transit recommendations by approving additional funding for public transportation. At the event, lawmakers discussed the benefits of public transportation.
Every year, public transit is estimated to save 3.4 billion gallons of oil, prevent 541 million hours of traffic delay and reduces global warming pollution by 26 million tons.
The House of Representatives voted tonight to establish an independent Office of Congressional Ethics.
This vote was about going beyond the easy rhetoric of reform and taking a concrete step to correct what has been a dysfunctional ethics process. We now have an opportunity to get past the recent failures of the House to ensure honest representation on behalf of the American people. It represents a meaningful step toward fixing the broken and discredited ethics enforcement process.
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America’s dependence on oil has become increasingly painful. Two thirds of oil in the United States goes to transportation, with the largest share consumed by cars and trucks. As the rising price of gasoline makes driving more expensive, Americans have sought alternatives by driving a little less and riding public transportation more.
America’s automobile-centered transportation system was a key component of the nation’s economic prosperity during the 20th century. But our transportation system is increasingly out of step with the challenges of the 21st century. Rising fuel prices, growing traffic congestion, and the need to address critical challenges such as global warming and America’s addiction to imported oil all point toward the need for a new transportation future.
In Colorado, staff at all five national
retailers we surveyed provided inaccurate or
misleading information about the digital
transition.
94% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about converter boxes.
81% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about the coupon program.
19% of sales staff provided inaccurate
information about the transition date.
1% of sales staff tried to up-sell us to more
expensive, unneeded products.
44% of the stores surveyed still had analog
TVs on their shelves.
86% of the stores with analog TVs had tags
that were mislabeled or hard to read.
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The report not only outlines the problems with modern commuting and transportation issues including traffic congestion, gas consumption and CO2 emissions, but also determines in precise detail the number of reductions that could be created in each of these categories if certain mass-transit projects that have already been proposed are completed.
The Colorado Supreme Court today reversed a lower court order that put a freeze on Amendment 41, which bans lawmakers from taking anything of value from lobbyists and anything worth more than $50 from anyone else.
Rep. Mark Udall of Boulder brought a woman to the state Capitol to speak in support of the legislation. Sue Wones said her interest rate was doubled even though she never missed a payment and never exceeded her credit limit.
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