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Conservatives pound on Boulder climbing gym’s solar array
A Boulder climbing gym has been taking a beating by conservatives for its solar array.
On Friday, right-wing talk show host Sean Hannity listed the 100-kilowatt solar array at Movement Climbing and Fitness as second on his list of the “102 worst ways the president’s stimulus bill has wasted your money.”
“And the No. 2 entry on our list is a climbing gym in Boulder, Colorado, that has received more than $150,000 for a new solar panel array on its roof,” Hannity said on his opinion show that airs on the Fox News channel. “Now, aren’t there a few mountains in Colorado where people can climb actual rocks outside under the real sun?” Read more
Boulder climbing gym gets clean energy grant from the feds
Movement Climbing and Fitness gym in Boulder | Photo by MovementBoulder.com
Boulder’s latest climbing gym — which just upped the number of places local hardmen (and hardwomen) can pull down on plastic holds to 3 — was awarded one of 12 companies to get money in the first round of federal renewable energy grants from the stimulus act.
Movement Climbing and Fitness got $157, 809 to offset the cost of their solar system, which provides 80 percent of the gym’s energy.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which passed in February, allows companies to get a cash grant for up to 30 percent of the cost of installing renewable energy, instead of getting a tax credit for the same amount.
The grant to the climbing gym, which opened in late July, was the smallest of the 12. The largest, $114 million, went to a wind farm in Texas.
Read more about the Movement gym at DailyCamera.com. or learn more about the grants from the U.S. Treasury Department.
