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Environmental Groups Oppose Governor's Plan to Save Energy Office

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There are fears that the Governor’s Energy Office, which currently promotes renewable and clean energy, could soon be a thing of the past.

Federal funding for the office runs out this year, and a bill backed by Governor John Hickenlooper to come up with more money, and broaden its mission, faces opposition from the environmental community. »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·â€™s Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.

Bente Birkeland is an award-winning journalist who joined Colorado Public Radio in August 2018 after a decade of reporting on the Colorado state capitol for the Rocky Mountain Community Radio collaborative and »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·. In 2017, Bente was named Colorado Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and she was awarded with a National Investigative Reporting Award by SPJ a year later.
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