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Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson

Valerie Richardson covers politics and the West from Denver. She can be reached at vrichardson@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Valerie Richardson

In this October 2016, file photo, construction continues on the Dakota Access Pipeline. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File) **FILE**

Jessica Reznicek, Ruby Montoya indicted for sabotaging Dakota Access pipeline

Anti-pipeline activists Jessica Rae Reznicek and Ruby Katherine Montoyahave been indicted on federal charges stemming from multiple 2016-17 attacks on the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa, including burning pipes and valves with torches. They each face up to 40 years in prison if convicted on the nine criminal counts against them. Published October 2, 2019

In this July 9, 2019, file photo, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks during a news conference in Santa Fe, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

Michelle Grisham embraces climate change push despite cash from oil

After decades as one of the nation's poorest states, New Mexico finds itself awash in revenue from the state's oil-and-gas boom -- so much so that Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham last month proposed free tuition for residents at state universities. Published October 1, 2019

Philanthropist Bill Gates takes the stage before addressing the Climate Action Summit in the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Scientists tell U.N. Global Climate Summit: No emergency

Lost amid the coverage of Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg at last week's U.N. Global Climate Summit were the 500 international scientists, engineers and other stakeholders sounding a very different message: "There is no climate emergency." Published September 29, 2019

In this Feb. 15, 2018, file photo people attend a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Parents whose children were killed or wounded during the Parkland high school massacre asked the Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, to rule that each pull of the trigger was a separate occurrence for which the Broward County School Board should be held liable. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) **FILE**

Andrew Pollack, Parkland victim’s father: Shooting was ‘avoidable’

Andrew Pollack is convinced that the shooting would never have happened but for the ultra-woke disciplinary approach that allowed 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz to buy an AR-15: He had no criminal record, despite 45 visits by Broward County sheriff's deputies to his home. Published September 10, 2019

In this April 14, 1987, file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Gary Hart fields a question during a news conference in Denver. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski) **FILE**

Gary Hart to stump with Michael Bennet in New Hampshire

Sen. Michael Bennet, Colorado Democrat, announced Friday that he has been endorsed by former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, the onetime Democratic presidential primary contender whose 1988 bid was derailed by a sex scandal. Published September 6, 2019

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a target of racist rhetoric from President Donald Trump, responds to reporters as she arrives for votes in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Green New Deal Republican alternatives shunned by Democrats

Instead of debating how many trillions the Green Deal will cost, House Republicans have a suggestion for Democrats: Pass a slew of GOP-backed bills aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions without razing the U.S. economy and energy sector. Published September 5, 2019