Goldenites got a glimpse of the future on Aug. 10 and it likely looked a little funny. That’s because it took the form of several white, toaster-resembling vehicles that will be making the rounds on campus and around downtown Golden for the next year at the speed of 12 miles an hour. The shuttles, which the school has christened Mines Rovers and are intended to transport students as well as the pu... Read more »

GOLDEN, Colo. — The country’s biggest fleet of low-speed, self-driving electric shuttles hit the road on Tuesday in a major step forward for the electric vehicle sector. The unveiling here adds momentum to an industry that is poised to get a significant boost from the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress. “We will write the next chapter in the world’s transportation history — in a time w... Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) applauded the passage of nine FY 2022 appropriations bills in the U.S. House of Representatives this week. These bills included nearly all of his Community Project Funding (CPF) requests, which in total would bring $7.6 million for Colorado’s 7th Congressional District. The projects range from infrastructure improvements and critical service... Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. (KRDO) -- Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to establish the Amache National Historic Site, a former Japanese American incarceration facility, as part of the National Park System. In April, Representatives Joe Neguse (D), Ken Buck (R), Jason Crow (D), Ed Perlmutter (D), and Diana DeGette (D) co-sponsored the Amache National Historic Site Act. The bill states will pr... Read more »

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $60 million in funding for its largest-ever cohort of university-based Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs), which assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers in reducing their carbon emissions and lowering energy costs, while training the next generation of energy-efficiency workers. The groundbreaking investment will help re... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – This week U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Bill Foster (IL-11) and Derek Kilmer (WA-06) led 20 of their colleagues in a letter to House and Senate leadership requesting $30.5 billion for the Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories in upcoming infrastructure investments. The $30.5 billion will match President Biden’s proposal for DOE National Laboratories funding in the... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), as Chair of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions, held a hearing to explore how best to identify and mitigate climate risks that affect the U.S. financial system. The hearing comes on the heels of Perlmutter’s recent introduction of the Green Neighborhoods Act - a bill aimed at making the housing sector more e... Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2225, the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Future Act, the five-year reauthorization of the National Science Foundation, which included an amendment from U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) to enhance wildfire research. Perlmutter’s amendment will ensure NSF’s risk and resilience research focuses on wildfire science and t... Read more »

Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) introduced legislation, cosponsored by Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sean Casten (D-IL) and Joe Morelle (D-NY), to encourage greater energy efficiency and sustainability in the nation’s housing supply while creating new jobs in the green economy. The Green Neighborhoods Act of 2021 would require the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Deve... Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and California Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla led 47 members of Congress in urging the Biden Administration to “go big” on funding for science-based strategies to prevent and respond to destructive wildfires. The lawmakers called for the Administration to i... Read more »