Craig’s shift from coal
With coal jobs declining and the end in sight, Craig has started taking steps to flesh out its tourism economy. Might hydrogen also become a sector?
$15 million for Colorado coal communities
State appropriation may not be enough, but there will soon be a bulge of federal dollars
No-go for tourism idea in Craig
As the Colorado town of Craig struggles to create a future beyond coal, one idea was for a new museum. That idea got promises of funding but went no further.
$15 million just start of what Colorado will need for just transition from coal
A bill would put $15 million into just transition of Colorado’s coal dependent workers and communities, but an AFL-CIO official says much more will be needed.
No ‘just’ transition yet after 2019 closing of coal plant and mine in western Colorado
Western Colorado’s Nucla and Naturita hope state aid will help them transition from loss of good-paying jobs after a coal plant and mine closed in 2019.
Good policy in climate & energy
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser talks about state government innovations energy and climate policy and the conflicts with the Trump administration.
A 15,000-foot view of Colorado’s legislative climate & energy landscape
Transportation and building emissions will top the energy and climate agenda as Colorado legislators seek to advance work on ambitious decarbonization goals.
Time to think beyond oil and gas?
A BlueGreen Alliance report documents the giant growth of the oil and gas sectors in Colorado and New Mexico—and why it’s time to plan for the inevitable bust.
Colorado’s top energy stories in 2020
From a decarbonization roadmap to a giant solar farm to firming plans for 100% renewable energy, Colorado’s energy transition in 2020 told in these stories.
When the coal plants finally close
Colorado’s Just Transition Advisory Committee draft plan calls for benefits for displaced workers as coal mines and plants in Colorado’s Yampa Valley, but it has no answers for the local school districts who will lose significant property tax assessments.
Colorado aims for Just Transition
Colorado in 2019 adopted a law calling for a “just transition” for workers and communities impacted by the transition from coal. State officials heard testimony just before the dark curtain of covid fell, slowing but not stopping the planning.
