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Mike Foote

@SenMikeFoote

Environmental and energy attorney. Formerly a state senator and prosecutor, still a husband and father of two beautiful girls.

 Boulder County, Colorado
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Joined August 2011
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Given the grim IPCC report released yesterday, perhaps it is appropriate to consider at this point the "mortality cost of carbon" calculation: axios.com/high-cost-of-carbo…
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Heat & disasters are everywhere this summer. “Climate science couldn’t predict it would be in 2021, as opposed to 2017 or 2023...” (1/3) nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/th…
Is This the End of Summer as We’ve Known It? (Published 2021)

Is This the End of Summer as We’ve Known It? (Published 2021)

Wildfires. Drought. Monsoons. Sewage spills. A resurgent virus. The summer season we thought we knew has become something ominous.

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“But it’s not unexpected, and we have a pretty good idea what the long run looks like: It will be a painful transition, and in a couple of generations, the world will be different — different than the world that was, and different than the world that is now.” (2/3)
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It doesn't have to be this way, but if we don't act decisively now it will be. We must change how we are doing things, but change doesn't have to be negative. It can lead to better days ahead. (3/3)
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Will Toor@WillToor26 Jul 2021
Coming out of 2021 leg session, we have an awful lot of work to do on clean energy/climate at @COEnergyOffice. 7 openings in our regulatory policy team, building benchmarking/performance standards, and weatherization! Come make a difference!
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@TheOnion28 Jun 2021
Lone Wheel From Pile Up Rolls Across Finish Line In Tour De France Victory bit.ly/3he1vs1
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It seems Tri-State didn't get the answer from FERC it was hoping for. coloradosun.com/2021/06/22/t…
Tri-State must tell members seeking cleaner, cheaper energy how much it would cost to break up,...

Tri-State must tell members seeking cleaner, cheaper energy how much it would cost to break up,...

Nine members of the association, including United Power, asked more than a year ago how much it would cost to break contracts running to 2050. Federal regulators gave Tri-State 30 days to clear the...

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"Shocked by the blowback" - public engagement matters. coloradosun.com/2021/06/21/c…
Waterways get a break as Colorado refuses to ease rules for how much pollution gets discharged to...

Waterways get a break as Colorado refuses to ease rules for how much pollution gets discharged to...

Water Quality Control Commission shocked by blowback to a proposed change to make it easier for industry and utilities to send more pollution downstream.

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The cost of burning carbon is real, just as any other cost associated with an activity. It should always be part of the discussion. @ByMarkJaffe writes a good informative summary of the issue in the @ColoradoSun. coloradosun.com/2021/05/25/s…
How much damage does climate change cause in Colorado? Leaders are trying to put a price tag on it.

How much damage does climate change cause in Colorado? Leaders are trying to put a price tag on it.

Leaders want to put a price tag on the social cost of carbon by figuring out the cost of disasters caused by climate change.

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An early look at the discussion of what the 30x30 plan to preserve 30% of the country's land and water may look like in Colorado. denverpost.com/2021/05/06/bi…

Biden’s “30 by 30” plan could mean protecting 14 million more acres of land, water in Colorado

President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled plans for locally-led protection of 30% of U.S. land and water by 2030, a core of his agenda to address climate warming that builds on nature-saving efforts...

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@VicVela126 Apr 2021
Just in: Colorado has traded its 8th congressional seat to St. Louis, along with 500 million cash.
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The most Colorado image from today @KyleClark ?
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The cost of carbon. nytimes.com/2021/03/14/clima…
Tiny Town, Big Decision: What Are We Willing to Pay to Fight the Rising Sea? (Published 2021)

Tiny Town, Big Decision: What Are We Willing to Pay to Fight the Rising Sea? (Published 2021)

On the Outer Banks, homeowners in Avon are confronting a tax increase of almost 50 percent to protect their homes, the only road into town, and perhaps the community’s very existence.

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Cruise Ship Waiting Out 1918 Influenza Pandemic Wondering If It's Okay To Dock At Port Now bit.ly/3l73srX
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The differences in technology, cost, and emissions are among the reasons why we are seeing such a rapid shift in power production. We are starting to see the same dynamic with electric vehicles too. coloradosun.com/2021/03/03/c…
Breakdowns, shutdowns and cost overruns plague Xcel’s Comanche 3 coal-fired power plant, investig...

Breakdowns, shutdowns and cost overruns plague Xcel’s Comanche 3 coal-fired power plant, investig...

Comanche 3, Xcel Energy’s state-of-the-art coal-fired power plant, has been plagued by operational, equipment and financial problems leading to more than 700 days of unplanned shutdowns since the...

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.@ClimateEnvoy — Climate Change is not just an environmental issue, it is an economic issue. All the smartest economists agree on this: The cost of fighting climate change now is nothing compared to the cost of suffering through it later.
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@TheOnion8 Feb 2021
NFL Bankrupted After Receiving $6.3 Trillion Bill From Hospitals For Healthcare Workers Appearance bit.ly/36SjVdF
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Joining Volvo which has said only hybrids and EV's by 2025. cnbc.com/2021/01/28/general-…
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@e2org27 Jan 2021
DID YOU KNOW: More than 250,000 Americans work in the clean vehicles sector -- making #EVs, hybrid EVs, and hydrogen/fuel cell cars. Biden's push to phase-out the federal use of gas-powered vehicles means hundreds of thousands of new jobs across the U.S. theverge.com/2021/1/25/22249…
Biden wants to replace government fleet with electric vehicles

Biden wants to replace government fleet with electric vehicles

Biden wants to replace all 645,000 vehicles in the government’s fleet with EVs.

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This is a realistic assessment of what the policy landscape looks like in Congress for energy legislation. States will have to continue to lead on climate, but it will certainly help to have an administration on the same page. nytimes.com/2021/01/26/clima…
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