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Colorado fuel retailers face up to $20,000 fine for failing to post warning stickers about global warming under proposed bill
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Colorado fuel retailers face up to $20,000 fine for failing to post warning stickers about global warming under proposed bill

By Scott Weiser | Denver Gazette via Colorado Politics According to a proposal by Democrats at the Colorado state Capitol, up to a $20,000 fine will hang over the heads of every retailer who sells either liquid or gas fuels if they don’t have global warming warning stickers on their pumps and products if House Bill 25-1277 is signed into law. The bill, Increasing Transparency Impact of Fuel Products, sponsored by Rep. Jennifer Bacon, D-Denver, Rep. Junie Joseph, D-Boulder and Sen. Lisa Cutter, D-Jefferson County, says retail outlets selling petroleum-based fuel products must put stickers on pumps, store displays and other retail items or face fines. “Evidently the purpose of the bill is to shame buyers for purchasing a product necessary for them to use in many cases to transport t...
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Walcher: Climate protocols are the ultimate entangling alliances with foreign governments
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Walcher: Climate protocols are the ultimate entangling alliances with foreign governments

By Grag Walcher | GregWalcher.com The “doctrine of unstable alliances” in George Washington’s “Farewell Address” underpinned U.S. foreign policy for decades and is still considered wise, though mostly ignored. “The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible,” Washington wrote. “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” Even the opposing party under President Thomas Jefferson continued to rely on that wisdom. He explained an “essential principle of our government,” in his inaugural address: “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.” What a long way we have ...
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How NOAA predicts La Niña could impact Colorado’s winter, drought conditions
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How NOAA predicts La Niña could impact Colorado’s winter, drought conditions

By Jonathan Ingraham | Denver Gazette A slowly-developing and weak La Niña, wetter-than-average conditions in northern tier states and potentially drier-than-average conditions in the southwest are all forecast for winter 2024-25. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its US Winter Outlook for the winter period from November to February on Thursday. The agency said the October ENSO outlook calls for a 60% chance of La Niña emerging in the September, October, November time frame, and by November, December, January, the chance of La Niña increases to near 75%. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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