Energy Foundation China Has Been Generous to Those Dealing in Colorado Politics

By Cory Gaines | Commentary, Colorado Accountability Project

Energy Foundation China has been generous to those dealing in Colorado politics.

One of my recent op eds is linked below. It was a fair bit of research, but worth it.

There is a group named Energy Foundation China, which, though it has a San Francisco address for its headquarters, is strongly tied to Beijing, the Chinese government, and the CCP.

Another important thing to note is how generous Energy Foundation China has been to environmental and other nonprofits here in Colorado.

I was barely able to scratch the surface given how interconnected the nonprofit ecosystem is here in Colorado, but I detail the heavy hitters in a recent op ed below.

Follow the money.

https://completecolorado.com/2026/04/10/foundation-ties-to-china-playing-in-colorado-politics/

Amendments to SB26-150

I have been watching SB26-150 (see the first link below) because it touches on some fundamental problems in our state. Whatever you think of RTD and what they’re doing now, this bill makes it worse by largely taking what control you have away. The bill dilutes the influence voters who live in an RTD district by making reducing the number of people elected to the board. It replaces elected officials with appointed ones, including (surprising no one familiar with the hand in glove relationship between unions and Democrats) putting union members on the board.

Keep in mind that this is a board that has the power to tax you.

What I didn’t include in my last post was that the bill made its way out of its first committee hearing with some surprising Republican support, including my state senator B Pelton.

I contacted him about his vote, and was told in short that it was done in trade, trade for some concessions to come later as amendments when the bill hit the Senate floor. In particular, the changes promised were an amendment to lower the threshold for the number of signatures one must have before making the ballot as an RTD elected.

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