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Tom Steyer-related group gives good grades to Polis on energy

Advanced Energy Economy, a group founded by billionaire Tom Steyer, is giving high marks to Democrat Jared Polis' ideas for Colorado's future green power sources.
Credit: Carolyn Kaster, AP
Environmental activist Tom Steyer speaks during a news conference in Washington on Jan. 8.

Advanced Energy Economy, a group founded by liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, is giving high marks to Democrat Jared Polis’ ideas for Colorado’s future green power sources.

You’re shocked, I’m sure.

The Washington, D.C.-based group defines advanced energy as “sources, technologies and services that are affordable, clean and secure over the long-term.”

Polis set an early campaign goal of getting 100 percent of the state’s energy from renewable sources by 2040. He has said during debates with Republican Walker Stapleton that the pledge is a goal, not a mandate.

Stapleton and supporters of the oil and gas industry say tens of thousands of jobs, a billion dollars a year in tax revenue and $32 billion a year in economic impact are at risk.

Read more at Colorado Politics: https://bit.ly/2NIO5DG

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