Nine questions about air quality board’s rule-makings for EVs
Sierra Club attorney Joe Halso talks about recent rule-makings by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission and how they fit into Colorado’s effort to decarbonize transportation.
Geothermal news in Colorado and beyond
Money from Inflation Reduction Act going to Telluride, Pueblo and Denver for various projects — including those with heat island concerns
Heat island effect work cited in 2 awards by EPA
Money from Inflation Reduction Act going to Telluride, Pueblo and Denver for various projects — including those with heat island concerns
A natural gas ban in Boulder by June?
Methane mandate would apply to all new buildings and major remodels — with just a few exceptions.
News from Colorado’s electrical cooperatives
CORE gets something less than half a loaf for Comanche 3, and the latest from United and Tri-State
Cooperatives get DOE grants for grid resilience
Wildfire risk lies at the center of grants given three electric cooperatives in Colorado and New Mexico
Enough water for lawns at the headwaters of the Colorado River?
The Western Slope delivers 70% of the Colorado River water. So why do Aspen, Vail and other places want to replace thirsty turf?
Waltons commit $1.4 million to new Tribal Water Institute
Institute to be part of the Boulder-based Native American Rights Fund and likely will play a major role in the Colorado River Basin discussions
Colorado squeezing water from urban landscapes
Pace of transition has accelerated, deepened and broadened as headwaters state struggles to embrace limits of water supply in a warming, likely drying climate
How about 98.5% emissions-free electricity by 2040?
Study finds that existing technology can get Colorado to near-zero electricity without need for breakthroughs in geothermal, nuclear or other realms. It will requite a bit of natural gas.
What will Colorado River task force recommend?
Colorado legislators tasked the committee with looking for solutions on the taxed and declining Colorado River. The report is due in December.
A bit of help for Yampa in moving on from coal dollars
Colorado’s Just Transition legislation intends to help coal-dependent communities like this one ease into an economy after coal
Medical tourism in a land of fishing poles & orange vests
How this small town amid Colorado’s ’empty land’ became a go-to place for people with bad knees and hips
Helping utilities prepare for wackier weather
Colorado receives $17.2 million in federal funds that will be used for microgrids and other strategies to ensure the lights stay on
The hopes and good cheer of Charles Wilkinson
Eulogists gathered at the University of Colorado in Boulder remembered the visions, passions, and well-grounded mentoring by the law professor who knew how to use words and make a difference
A few thoughts on Xcel Energy’s biggest pivot yet
A lot of money, of course, and a lot of new transmission in and around metropolitan Denver. What else is there in this package?
Tearing out bluegrass in Colorado
Dozens of Colorado cities win $1.5 million in state funding to tear out bluegrass, install water-wise landscapes
How might Tri-State use $970 million?
Tri-State lobbied hard to help G&Ts such as itself get a piece of the IRA pie. Might it use that money to close its coal-burning unit in Arizona?
How might Colorado’s coops use federal aid?
At least some of Colorado’s 22 electrical cooperatives have hopes of securing help through IRA and other programs. Here is a glimpse of their intentions
An RTO in Colorado by 2026
Southwest Power Pool says it has seven utilities lined up to participate in its regional transmission organization, the first that to overlap both the Eastern and Western Interconnections
