The Daily Sentinel
March 17, 2010, Charles Ashby

A measure designed to boost jobs on the Western Slope and help clear the air along the Front Range by converting coal-fired power plants to natural gas easily won approval in a House panel Tuesday. The measure, House Bill 1365, has the support of natural gas companies, environmentalists, Democrats and, yes, even Republicans. Two Western Slope Republicans, Sen. Josh Penry of Grand Junction and Rep. Ellen Roberts of Durango, are co-sponsoring the measure with two Democrats, including Sen. Bruce Whitehead of Hesperus. ...

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