NewsRack: flenvcenter/Energy_Regional

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

We live in one of the most liberal towns in America, far from the tea partiers in Washington. And as much as dudes around here wants to reduce the tea partiers to caricatures, to ignoramuses, to racists, to troglodytes — and there are certainly tea partiers as dumb as any other cross section of America — it just isn’t so. Are they right about everything? No way. Are some of them even remotely reasonable? Of course not. Do they blame the correct administration for our huge deficits? No, they confuse the fiscal fecklessness of Bush with the fiscal pragmatism of Obama.

A defense of tea partiers - Telluride: Opinions

Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Progress, perhaps, at the BLM - Telluride: News

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In its upcoming Colorado lease sale, the Bureau of Land Management will, for the first time, offer geothermal energy leases. The move allows for the potential development of geothermal energy — energy that, essentially, comes from hot water inside the earth. The energy is renewable and clean but does present challenges, such as piping the hot water away from its origin and then back into the closed-loop system.

Harnessing the sun - Telluride: News

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In 2008, the Town of Telluride resolved to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. A year later, the mayors of Telluride and Mountain Village issued the Telluride Renewed Challenge, calling for 100 percent of the community’s electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020.

There’s uranium in them hills - Telluride: News

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hundreds of millions of years ago, the Paradox Valley was a coastal region, spectacularly different than the arid desert it is today.

Norwood or Ridgway? - Telluride: News

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The country’s largest solar farm to feed a rural area is set to break ground in the region this fall — although its exact location is yet to be determined.

Hydropower, now easier - Telluride: News

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Used to be, Telluride was heavily hydro-powered. If that were to be the case ever again, it would take countless reviews and skyscrapers of permits, memorandums…

Guest Commentary: The real cost of being green - Denver Post: Opinion

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gov. Bill Ritter and green energy advocates are selling Colorado a false bill of goods when it comes to the "New Energy Economy."

Oil platform explodes in gulf; crew rescued - Denver Post: National News Headlines

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.

Gulf oil platform explodes - Durango Herald

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NEW ORLEANS - An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.

"Burning the Future" an unsettling look at coal - Denver Post: Entertainment

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Driving to Pueblo for politics this week, I passed a half-dozen mile-long coal trains in each direction, heading down the Front Range to deliver Colorado and Wyoming fuel to hungry power stations.

Vail power supplier seeks boost in renewable energy - Vail Colorado: Columnists

Scott Condon Aspen correspondent Vail, CO Colorado — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - The power company that serves Eagle County is trying to significantly boost the amount of renewables in its power mix by enlisting help from entrepreneurs. Holy Cross Energy issued a request for proposals this week for up to 10 megawatts of generation from renewable sources. It wants proposals submitted by Jan. 31, 2011. The power sources must be located within the Holy Cross service area, which includes the Roaring Fork and Eagle valleys and the Interstate 70 corridor west of Glenwood Springs. Realistically, any proposals will likely be for solar farms, biomass plants and hydro-electric projects, said Del Worley, Holy Cross CEO. A wind farm of significant size probably isn't feasible in the area at this time, he ...

Thousands of Utah families need utility-bill help - Salt Lake Tribune

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

By Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 08:53PM MDT Marian Rosero, a volunteer at American Red Cross offices in Salt Lake City, is getting a firsthand look at the effects the tough economic times are having on many of the state’s financially struggling families. For the past two years she has served as a utility analyst helping Utah families sign up for Rocky Mountain Power’s “Lend a Hand” and Questar Gas Co.’s “Reach” programs, which help low-income households with senior and disabled family members pay their energy bills. “When I started volunt... ...

Nine candidates, four seats, one evening at the library - Telluride: News

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The nine candidates vying for four seats on the Telluride Town Council represent a cross-section of the community — from a late-20s video store manager to a retired schools superintendent, from a glider-plane-flying incumbent to a computer tech taking his first stab at council.

Ridgway renewable energy project gets Big Ideas grant - Telluride: News

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Teacher Matt Wade and a group of students from Ridgway High School had a big idea. They saw a need for renewable energy education in Ouray County and they wanted to learn in a hands-on, innovative way. Their vision: To study solar energy through the installation of a 10-watt solar panel on the school, and to generate enough energy to power a student-made iPod listening station in the student lounge.

‘Split Estate’ shows Thursday, library - Telluride: News

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The interests of those who live on Colorado’s mesas, plains and mountains, and those who want what’s below them, are often in conflict.

Telluride joins global day of action - Telluride: News

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:30:00 GMT

On Saturday, people around the world with gather on beaches and highways, in cities and churches and atop mountains in an effort to mobilize world leaders to find effective solutions to reverse climate change.

Sheep Mountain files suit against uranium mill approval - Telluride: News

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:30:00 GMT

After garnering a Montrose County approval heavy with conditions and contention, an energy company now faces another challenge: A local environmental group fired a legal salvo disputing that permit and how it was obtained.

SMPA to enroll all customers in ‘Green Cents’ program - Telluride: News

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

San Miguel Power Association’s “Green Cents” program is going opt-out.

Sheep Mountain Alliance challenges Energy Fuels’ application to state - Telluride: News

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Early this fall, those opposed to a uranium mill in the far western reaches of the state said they would fight at every turn. After two filings since a contentious approval from Montrose County Commissioners, their threats have proven anything but idle.

Micro-hydro makes inroads in region - Telluride: News

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The San Juan Mountains, marked as they are by steep terrain and plenty of downward-hurtling water, hold significant potential for hydropower.

Uranium mill permitting marches on - Telluride: News

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:00 GMT

The company that hopes to sprout a uranium mill in Paradox Valley cleared the lowest of its hurdles late last week when the state accepted its application as complete, but a local environmental group is screaming foul.

From a recession to a measured resurgence, Telluride endures - Telluride: News

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

If we learned anything about ourselves and about Telluride in 2009, it’s that we, and this town, endure. This last year was defined in simple economic terms for us, and we learned a lesson: Even our sno-globe town isn’t invincible. Our region made difficult financial decisions as revenues that once flowed ebbed. We braced against a recession and swallowed the passings of our friends. But for all that bad news we still measured our smiles in inches as snow fell around us like confetti. We toasted each other and this place in the last light of summer evenings. And this much we know: there was never anywhere better to be, in both good times and bad.

Salazar announces tougher rules on drilling - Telluride: News

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signaled an end to long standing oil and gas leasing rules on Wednesday, announcing a host of policy changes designed to bring more scrutiny and greater public voice to how leases are awarded on the nation’s public lands.

Local state senator says water, budget his top issues - Telluride: News

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The state legislature begins a new session today, during which it will tackle a more than $1 billion budget shortfall, try and wrangle the booming but little-regulated medical marijuana industry and bolster renewable energy production.