Mt. Front Range Trash

Mt. Front Range Trash

I sure know how to show a girl a good time. Cathy and I took off for our Sunday-afternoon drive, heading north from Denver on Interstate 25 until, just short of the Erie exit, I spied a photo I wanted to take of  rapidly-rising housing set against the backdrop of the...
Wyoming energy gleanings: coal and nuclear

Wyoming energy gleanings: coal and nuclear

An essayist makes the case that Wyoming shouldn’t expect nuclear to save its energy economy, and another essayist describes the way that Wyoming legislators have been desperately trying to save the state’s coal economy.

New Mexico gleanings: Hydrogen and securitization

New Mexico gleanings: Hydrogen and securitization

Securitization an issue in plans regarding coal plant in New Mexico Public Service Co. of New Mexico, the state’s largest electrical utility, plans to get out of the Four Corners Power Plant near Farmington by the end of 2024. But its plan for doing so is drawing...
Colorado energy gleanings

Colorado energy gleanings

Near-completion of solar project at Pueblo celebrated, Polis appoints members of transportation advisory committees, Blue Green Alliance announces Colorado polling in support of Build Back Better, and South Utes join natural gas alliance.

Wyoming energy gleanings

Wyoming energy gleanings

Will this EV get to Old Faithful and back. Why Protect our Winters is peeved with the owner of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. And Wyoming efforts to diversify.

Naming Colorado’s 64 counties, one by one

Naming Colorado’s 64 counties, one by one

In the afternoon sun of North Park, we had paused along the Michigan River for one last interview, the sun glinting off the snow on the Medicine Bow Range in the background. Then we began the three-hour drive to Denver. Darkness caught up with us by Granby and by...