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Colorado killed its only data center water bills. Cities are filling the gap themselves.
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Colorado killed its only data center water bills. Cities are filling the gap themselves.

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice Colorado spent a year trying to answer a basic question: should companies building massive AI data centers be required to disclose how much water they use? The answer, as of May 11, was no. Senate Bill 26-102 would have required operators of new large data centers to report annual water use to state health officials. A companion measure, House Bill 26-1030, sought to attract data centers through voluntary tax incentives tied to water efficiency standards. HB26-1030 died in committee on May 7. SB26-102 followed four days later. 238 lobbyists registered positions on one or both bills on behalf of 221 clients, according to Secretary of State records. Five days after the legislature adjourned, Denver City Council unanim...
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Lawmakers Move To Level Playing Field Between Lobbyists And State Agencies
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Colorado Public Radio, Approved, State

Lawmakers Move To Level Playing Field Between Lobbyists And State Agencies

By Rae Solomon | Colorado Public Radio Governor Jared Polis is strongly pushing back against a proposal that would treat legislative staff in his administration like any other lobbyist.  The primary job of those workers, called legislative liaisons, is to try to sway lawmakers and change legislation. They’re essentially lobbyists for the state government and the Polis administration, but they aren’t required to follow the same disclosure rules that govern most lobbyists.  A bipartisan bill moving through the statehouse would change that, a measure that appeared to ruffle feathers within Governor Jared Polis’s administration. “Staff members in the Governor’s office are not registered lobbyists, and it would be absurd to have them treated the same way,” ...
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Democrat Lawmakers Face Scrutiny Over Vail Retreat Funded by Undisclosed Donors
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The Colorado Sun, Approved, State

Democrat Lawmakers Face Scrutiny Over Vail Retreat Funded by Undisclosed Donors

By Taylor Dolven and Jesse Paul | The Colorado Sun The Colorado Opportunity Caucus, considered among the more moderate Democrats in the legislature, organized the event. The caucus was formed as a nonprofit that doesn’t disclose its donors. At least 17 Democratic state lawmakers gathered with lobbyists during a weekend retreat at a Vail hotel organized by the nonprofit Colorado Opportunity Caucus. The two-day gathering included “educational panels” and discussions, according to state Sen. Lindsey Daugherty, an Arvada Democrat who is chair of the caucus formed in January as a nonprofit. She said the purpose of the event was to “get a group of pragmatic, diverse legislators together to really talk about our goals for our caucus based on what we think the Colorado people really want ...
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Billions flow to green groups after EPA’s 2009 carbon ruling
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Just The News, Approved, National

Billions flow to green groups after EPA’s 2009 carbon ruling

By Brett Rowland | The Center Square via Just the News Fed grants to organizations increased from $350 million in 2009 to nearly $1.4 billion in 2023, analysis finds. Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's strict regulations on the automobile industry could cost nonprofit groups that reported a 267% funding bump in the years since the federal agency's 2009 Endangerment Finding, a rule that provided a legal basis for the agency to regulate vehicle emissions and the energy industry through the Clean Air Act. Democracy Restored, a nonprofit dedicated to showing how government works, reviewed the tax returns of more than 75 of the top nonprofit organizations focused on climate change. Funding for those 75 groups has increased significantly since 2009 with their bottom lines ...
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350 Colorado Markets Local “Grassroots”, But Operates As National Lobby Arm
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Green Leap Forward, Approved, Commentary, State

350 Colorado Markets Local “Grassroots”, But Operates As National Lobby Arm

By: Green Leap Forward Staff | Commentary, Green Leap Forward via Substack In Colorado politics, one pattern is impossible to miss: whenever a bill, ordinance, or rule touches energy - whether at the city council, county commission, or statehouse -someone from the organization 350 Colorado is likely there. Their members sometimes testify in groves, often with the same prepared talking points. And whenever lobbying records are published, their name almost always appears. The group bills itself as “the largest Colorado-based grassroots network” fighting the “climate crisis.” But its constant presence in policymaking reveals something deeper: 350Colorado is less a spontaneous scrappy community uprising and far more a professional advocacy machine. Its ve...
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RFK Jr. targeted by Pharma’s $2 million lobbying blitz, memo shows
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National File, Approved, National

RFK Jr. targeted by Pharma’s $2 million lobbying blitz, memo shows

By Ethan Fowler | National File A resurfaced leaked memo from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), first revealed by Brownstone Institute, April 2025, details a $2 million campaign to lobby Congress for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s removal as HHS Secretary, highlighting Big Pharma’s ongoing desperation amid his MAHA reforms. As Kennedy’s regulatory push intensifies, this old plot—now recirculated by Malone—exposes the industry’s fear of accountability, blending fear-mongering and surrogate influence in a bid to preserve profits over public health. Why it matters: This memo underscores Big Pharma’s corrupt grip on health policy, where billions in vaccine profits clash with Kennedy’s drive for transparency and safety—threatening to unravel a system built on sho...
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