Energy policies, climate change at forefront of Colorado's rural-urban divide

Energy policies, climate change at forefront of Colorado's rural-urban divide

Xcel Energy’s coal-fired Comanche Generating Station, shown here in 2019, is located in Pueblo and is the largest power plant in the state (photo by Mike Sweeney/sweeneyphoto.com). As Colorado races toward a “renewable” energy future, rural lawmakers like Ty Winter argue it is leaving its backbone behind — the ranchers, coal miners and oil field workers who, without a voice at the state Capitol in Denver, now face economic extinction, despite ha…