June 15, 2012
By: Sophie Quinton
A growing beetle infestation is killing the forests of western Colorado. To some, it’s the unassailable evidence of the shifting climate. So why are there so few calls for action either there or in Washington?
June 14, 2012
By: Sam Levin
Tucked inside a small room in an industrial building just south of I-70 and west of Holly Street, three leaders from a clean tech company called Coolerado explained to Congresswoman Diana DeGette how they are turning the traditional air conditioning process upside down.
"What we offer is the most significant change to air conditioning in more than a hundred years," said Tim Heaton, vice president of the Denver-based air-conditioning company, which has been selling its product since 2004. "The technology and the science...hasn't changed in 120 years.... We offer a completely different science."
June 4, 2012
By: Allison Sherry
WASHINGTON — Something rare occurred recently in this fractured, partisan place: The Senate and then the House passed significant legislation overhauling the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (CO-1) issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s announcement they were awarding a $17.26 million Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant (TAACCCT) to the Community College of Denver (CCD). The grant provides for CCD member institutions to partner with local employers to help unemployed and underemployed Colorado workers receive the training they need to find jobs in the energy industry.
July 13, 2011
By: Rep. Diana DeGette
In the coming weeks, our national leaders face extraordinary challenges. To avoid defaulting on our obligations and sending the world economy into a tailspin, we must raise the debt limit by August 2nd. But we also face the daunting task of balancing the budget and reducing our deficit, while at the same time avoiding the enactment of any solutions that will exacerbate the serious and stubborn joblessness in this country. Unfortunately as debate and negotiations over the debt ceiling have progressed, all of these issues seem to have been inextricably linked to one another, setting the stage for an unprecedented and dangerous path forward.
February 10, 2011
By: Daniel Strauss
House Republicans are pushing legislation to restrict abortion rights to appease their conservative base, the chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus said.
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