Was this climate alarmism?
Trump official’s justification for NCAR dismembering flies against the evidence I have seen. But who needs facts?
Another step on the Ark River
Senate passes funding mechanism to help ease repayment on $1.3 billion pipeline from Pueblo Reservoir to Lamar in SE Colorado by Allen Best The front page of Denver’s Rocky Mountain News on Aug. 17, 1962, carried a front-page photo from Pueblo the...
A conversation with Jonathan Overpeck
Climate scientist explains how we’re stacking the odds for lesser Colorado River flows. Still, we may need the big dams even more.
Growing microprocessors instead of wheat?
Logan County wants economic development. Might this sparsely settled area of northeastern Colorado become home to a hyperscale data center?
Principles for guiding Colorado River water negotiations
Where Colorado and other Upper-Basin states need to retreat from trying to develop full compact allocation. But Lower Basin states need to acknowledge Mother Nature.
Dancing With Deadpool on the Colorado River
New book explores the evolving thoughts about an increasingly dire situation
Thank you, Coal
Now it’s time to move on
Does delaying Nixon retirement make sense?
Sierra Club-commissioned study disputes Colorado Springs talk of keeping coal plant puffing beyond 2029
Colorado Springs says nuclear should be an option
Utility says it is still required to retire Nixon plant by end of 2029, but continues to appeal to state and federal governments for delay
Elephant-sized plans for eastern Colorado
Xcel files plan for 14 projects that would collectively provide 4,900 megawatts of new electrical generation
Tri-State G&T continues to shrink
Wholesale provider for 44 members across four states in 2016 will be down to 35 by December 2027
A troubling climate change for this alpine critter
Research on NIwot Ridge, west of Boulder, finds declining “juvenile recruiitment’ to population of pikas
Might good come from the NREL name change?
Maybe, but also plentiful skepticism about scrubbing of ‘renewable energy’ from name of laboratory by Trump’s team
We need coal but can we afford Comanche 3?
Latest outage of unit at Pueblo muddles the storyline about Colorado’s energy transition
Consider Jason Crow’s warning in light of Sand Creek
President Trump calls Crow and other members of Congress traitors. But an Army captain who refused orders in 1864 today is remembered with reverence for his defiance.
Might Oh Be Joyful be the highest megawatt-scale solar project?
Crested Butte pushes ahead toward decarbonization goals. This project took a team effort.
How about just closing Comanche 3 for good?
Environmental groups outline their views about what is best in wake of Colorado coal plant’s latest — and extended — outage.
Will nuclear ever be an option for DIA?
CEO says it remains at least 15 years out. Some think it should never be an option.
Many eyes on the Colorado River. The Rio Grande may be more urgent.
New study of river from headwaters in Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico demonstrates need for changes.
Muddied waters in Glenwood Canyon
The Shoshone acquisition and the messy realities of Colorado water law
