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Two key Senate committees approved legislation Wednesday that would change the way the federal government regulates offshore oil drilling and penalizes companies for oil spills, demonstrating lawmakers’ eagerness to respond to the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. BP – Meteorology – hurricane – Earth Sciences – Atmospheric Sciences

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Gov. Bill Ritter, lawmakers and renewable energy supporters are ready to introduce their proposals for new energy standards.

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DENVER – Gov. Bill Ritter pitched his plan to increase renewable energy requirements for big power companies to Colorado lawmakers on Thursday, telling them it will create thousands of new jobs and reduce the cost of electricity. Ritter said Colorado is the first state with a voter-approved Renewable Energy Standard of 10 percent that passed in 2004. Lawmakers doubled that to 20 percent by 2020 …

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Gov. Bill Ritter, lawmakers and renewable energy supporters are ready to introduce their proposals for new energy standards. The legislation being introduced Thursday will increase Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard, requiring large utility companies to generate nearly one-third of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. Supporters say the proposed rules would give Colorado …

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