ballot measures
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Washington state will likely vote on a carbon price in November. The oil industry’s already fighting it.
“They have a lot of money, we have a lot of people.”
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Oil industry’s sneaky plan could make it nearly impossible to ban fracking in Colorado
A ballot initiative might thwart efforts for local fracking bans.
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Ballot measures to watch on Election Day
A carbon tax, plastic bag ban, and renewables are all up for a vote this year.
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The most dramatic climate fight of the election is in Washington state
A climate tax is opposed by some green groups that want a stronger focus on social justice.
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Anti-fracking activists hit a roadblock in Colorado
The secretary of state says two initiatives to crack down on fracking didn't get enough signatures to make the ballot. Activists disagree.
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Colorado could vote to limit fracking on November ballot
The oil and gas industry is already fighting back.
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‘Going Boulder’ means voting for local energy self-reliance
Photo: Zane Selvans This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. By a razor-thin margin, Boulder, Colo., citizens gave the city a victory for energy self-reliance on Tuesday, approving two ballot measures to let the city form a municipal utility. If the city moves […]
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Election 2010: The scoop on energy and environment ballot measures
Find out about California's Prop 23 and other ballot measures around the country on energy efficiency, bottled-water taxes, public transit, and more.
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Prop 26′s dirty backers flee from political poison of Prop 23
Millions of dollars are pouring into California's Prop 26, a fail-safe for the possibility that the pro-pollution Prop 23 fails.