President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, White House officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.

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    When preparing to propose the regulation, the EPA for the first time conducted a community-based risk assessment, which considered the impact of all toxic air emissions within 10 km of a plant.
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    EPA’s marquee climate rule for power plants is entering the home stretch.
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  • How the power plant rule might change as its deadline nears
    Environmentalists said the change would have limited effect on the rule’s environmental benefits because very few utilities are expected to keep coal plants online beyond 2040 and retrofit them. Units ...
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  • US Senate votes to reject rule to cut greenhouse gas emissions on highways
    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution that would overturn a federal agency's rule requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the ...
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    Utilities in the United States are on track to cut the share of coal in national power generation to record lows over the coming months, as the heating demand season ends and output from clean power ...
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    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 09:09 PM

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  • Man in Denver yard struck by vehicle, driver taken into custody
    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 08:02 PM

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  • Colorado funeral home operators charged with mishandling corpses now accused of $880K in COVID relief fraud
    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 07:09 PM

    A Colorado couple accused of allowing nearly 200 corpses to decay in a building connected to their funeral home have been indicted on federal charges of fraudulently obtaining a total of $882,300 in pandemic relief funds. An indictment filed last week in U. S. District Court in Denver said Jon Hallford and Carie Hallford, who own the shuttered Colorado Springs-based Return to Nature Funeral Home, submitted false information to the U.

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  • Another Denver brewery calls it quits — this one after 13 years
    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 06:36 PM

    The wave of recent local brewery closings has pulled another into the undertow. On Monday, Renegade Brewing Co. (925 W. Ninth Ave., Denver) announced it will close in just a couple of weeks, on May 3. The social media post suggested the closure came as a surprise to ownership. Michael Mulcahy, managing partner with Silver Fox Partners, which owns the brewery in the Art District on Santa Fe, declined to elaborate on factors that played into the closure.

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  • DU Pioneers to host 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game at Ball Arena
    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 06:07 PM

    The University of Denver will host Minnesota for the 2025 U. S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game, the school’s athletics department announced Monday. The game is slated for Thanksgiving weekend next year at Ball Arena, with a specific date and time to be announced after the NHL calendar is finalized. Related Articles College Sports | Keeler: DU goalie Matt Davis has new goal for Pios hockey in 2025.

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  • CSU, Niko Medved agree to contract extension
    Denver Post, Monday - 04/15/2024 - 05:19 PM

    Colorado State and men’s head basketball coach Niko Medved have agreed to a long-term extension that will keep him in Fort Collins at least through the 2028-29 season, the school announced Monday. The contract has options for additional years in 2029-30 and 2030-31 and includes a salary of $1.7 million in 2024-25 rising to $2 million for the 2030-31 option. “The culture of success Niko has built around our men’s basketball program is undeniable,” Interim Director of Athletics John Weber said in a news release.

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