Better ozone ranking, but still nothing to brag about
Metropolitan Denver in 2020 improved ozone levels over the previous three years but remained the 8th most ozone-polluted metro area in the United States.
United Mine Workers says it’s time to accept that change has come
United Mine Workers says change has come, but it wants a just transition for coal workers and investment in research into carbon capture technology.
Sequestering CO2 emissions in concrete
Two teams have split $15 million in XPrize money for creating ways to sequester carbon dioxide emissions in concrete. One used Wyoming’s Integrated Test Center.
If methane were at a dinner party….
A bill introduced by a Colorado legislator seeks to gently begin escorting methane to the door of buildings, a move that a new UN report says is badly needed.
21st Century Energy Transition Symposium
Biden climate advisor Gina McCarthy will launch the 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium on May 4-5. There’s something to interest almost everyone.
Two regional cooperatives call for a federal clean electricity standard
A letter signed by electrical coops in Colorado and New Mexico calls for a clean electricity standard among a broad suite of regulatory and legislative policies.
Colorado on cusp of market transformation in buildings
A survey conducted by an energy advocacy group found evidence that Colorado may soon see widespread adoption of all-electric homes in new construction.
It’s not drought, but what do we call it?
Drought, as we understand the word, doesn’t explain the diminished Colorado River flows. But what word better describes this steady disappointment in snowpack?
Why S&P knocked down its rating for Tri-State from A- to BBB-plus
Tri-State G&T gets another rating slip, this time by an analyst who cites the requests by 7 member cooperatives for buy-out numbers. Two coops have already left.
Kit Carson Electric announces milestone in solar plus storage
Taos-based Kit Carson Electric went out on its own in 2016 and has never looked back. The latest deal will give it 100% daytime solar by 2022—and storage, too.
Southern Utes involved in carbon capture venture in Southwest Colorado
Southern Ute Indian Tribe Growth Fund is involved in $500 million carbon-capture venture in southwest Colorado. If it goes forward, it will be a big, big deal.
Are sustainability folks in businesses complicit with evil fossil fuel?
Corporate sustainability efforts sound good but are actually guilty of complicity with fossil fuel companies, says “Getting Green Done” author Auden Schendler.
