Geothermal interest in southern Colorado
State Land Board issues request for proposals in five counties, three of them in the San Luis Valley
Colorado has new leader for carbon management
Jennifer Walker Graf to lead commission charged with overseeing geothermal and carbon capture as well as more traditional oil and gas regulation
Why Colorado has lost federal funding
States with two Democratic senators lost money in nearly every case. Casualties were two very Republican areas of Colorado.
In 2002, we had Colorado River water cushions. Now they’re gone.
“We know climate change is real. We know we’re living it, but no one expected it to move this quickly.”
Neighborhood scale batteries and more
Xcel aims for AI market, and Pivot Energy hopes to get in on neighborhood-scale battery storage in the metro area.
The shaded case for natural gas and data centers
Colorado business group leader’s case for natural gas has to overlook a few awkward facts
Is Colorado project a victim of Trump ire?
Lawsuit says Trump team has frozen review of project near Sand Creek Massacre site in tax-starved Kiowa County
A new low on the Colorado River
The Colorado River has two big reservoirs, Mead and Powell. The amount of water they contained on Sunday was the lowest ever recorded since 1957 — before there was a Lake Powell.
Water trial of the century
An aquifer in Colorado’s San Luis Valley keeps dropping. A plan to address this has been challenged. A Q&A with native son Chris Lopez about why he thinks this is the water trial of the century.
The day that Joe Biden toured NREL
Ed Perlmutter tells about having to lay down the law to the vice president. Aviator glasses wouldn’t cut it. Not if wanted to see the renewable energy experiments.
Colorado’s energy milestone (elevator-ride version)
State got 53% of its electricity from renewable sources in first quarter of 2026. We will go much higher, but for an affordable 100% we still need some answers.
Colorado’s milestone of 53% renewables (cup of coffee version)
More than half the state’s electricity came from wind, solar and hydro during the first months of 2026. Higher levels yet are coming, but should 100% be the goal now?
