• Xcel CEO bullish on renewables - Forbes.com Some utilities are fighting mandates for renewable energy. Xcel Energy Inc. has embraced the trend and would like to see some national standards on renewables for utilities.(tags: Xcel Colorado renewables utilities)
• Electric Light & Power - State line big factor in coal plant proposals The question often comes up when discussing the proposed coal-burning power plants in western Kansas: If most of the electricity is for people in Colorado, then why not build the project in Colorado”
  (tags: coal Colorado Kansas electricity pollution)
• Colo. coal shovels near record in ‘07 : Energy : The Rocky Mountain News After a brief lull, Colorado’s coal production posted its third-best year in 2007, slightly behind the highs of 2004 but ranking No. 7 among coal-producing states in the nation.(tags: coal Colorado)

• The Hays (Kansas) Daily News Opposition to an energy bill from both the left and right shows that supporters probably need to rewrite the measure for it to pass, (Kansas) House Speaker Melvin Neufeld said Thursday.(tags: Kansas carbon+tax carbon+emissions)
• Great Falls Tribune - www.greatfallstribune.com - Great Falls, MT The Environmental Quality Council wants to know what Montanans think about climate change and a proposed state plan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The bipartisan council, which is made up of lawmakers and citizens, is reviewing the 54 recommendations(tags: climate+change greenhouse+gases carbon+emissions Montana state+legislature)
• Econ. professor promotes gas-emissions tax proposal - News Tufts University Professor of Economics Gilbert Metcalf argued last night for a bill he helped write, and now in committee with the U.S. Congress, that would levy a tax on greenhouse gas emissions.(tags: carbon+tax Congress)
• San Jose Mercury News - California proposes a global-warming fee on businessesIn the first such program in California, and perhaps the United States, Bay Area air pollution regulators are proposing to charge an annual fee to thousands of businesses based on the amount of greenhouse gases they emit.(tags: greenhouse+gases carbon+tax California Bay+Area+Air+Quality+Management+District)

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