Wyoming’s coal-fired economy is coming to an end
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4.12.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
The state faces a future without an industry that’s been very good to it. |
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[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Coal]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
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Better battery storage needed to meet 100% renewable energy goals, Platte River Power says
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2.12.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
Platte River Power Authority is expected to release its integrated resource plan, outlining exactly how it plans to reach this ambitious goal of providing 100% renewable energy by 2030, in mid-2020. However, a new study commissioned by leaders in renewable energy industry showed that this massive undertaking could be more efficient by only requiring 90% or even 80% renewable energy and allowing natural gas to act as the nexus. |
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[sattva_1 :: energy]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Education]
[demo :: Wind]
[demo :: Coal]
[demo :: Solar]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[irge304 :: Building]
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Colorado taxpayers losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars from federal oil, gas leases, says report by advocacy group
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27.11.2019 |
Denver Post: Business |
A new report by a national advocacy organization says Colorado has lost out on more than a half billion dollars in revenue during the last decade that could have gone to state and local projects, all because the federal mineral royalty rate is too low. |
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[flenvcenter :: Drilling]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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“Bleak” U.N. report finds world heading to climate catastrophes
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27.11.2019 |
Denver Post: News: Local |
Humanity is headed toward climate catastrophes, according to a U.N. report issued Tuesday, with China and the United States, the two biggest polluters, having expanded their carbon footprints last year. |
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[flenvcenter :: Embodied Energy]
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[newstrust :: Green Power]
[newstrust :: Global warming]
[newstrust :: Emissions]
[newstrust :: Greenhouse Gases]
[newstrust :: Storm]
[newstrust :: Strategies]
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Colorado commissioners approve land request for solar farm
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15.11.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
Colorado county commissioners have approved a land-use application for a 18,000-panel solar facility to help promote green energy. |
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[newstrust :: Businesses]
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[flenvcenter :: General]
[demo :: Oil and Gas]
[demo :: Solar]
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Trees]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[irge304 :: Building]
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[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Trees]
[sattva_1 :: waste]
[sattva_1 :: energy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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WATCH LIVE: Trump impeachment inquiry hearings – Day 1
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13.11.2019 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
The first hearing in the House impeachment inquiry will begin at 8 a.m. MST, Wednesday. The first witnesses will be Ambassador Bill Taylor and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary at the State Department overseeing European and Eurasian affairs. |
It’s time for a moratorium on new fossil fuel extraction
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12.11.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
Even in state’s like New Mexico that depend on oil revenue, the costs outweigh the benefits. |
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[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
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After boost from Trump energy secretary, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine
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12.11.2019 |
Denver Post: National News Headlines |
Two political supporters of U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry secured a potentially lucrative oil and gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country's new president. |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Republican]
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Thousands face risk because of aging U.S. dams, including some in Colorado, AP finds
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10.11.2019 |
Denver Post: News: Local |
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[irge304 :: Storms]
[flenvcenter :: Reservoirs]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[newstrust :: Housing]
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[demo :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[irge304 :: Oil Exploration]
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Drilling, dollars & debt: Colorado’s oil and gas industry is leveraged to the hilt. What does that mean for the future?
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10.11.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
A new and more severe ruler is on the throne in oil and gas country, and the state's petroleum producers are bending the knee and doing their best to survive. |
Airbnb CEO says company is banning “party houses” after California shooting
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3.11.2019 |
Denver Post: Business |
Airbnb Inc. says it's banning "party houses" in the wake of a deadly shooting at an Airbnb rental in California. |
Cory Gardner positions himself as a Colorado oil and gas defender in re-election fight
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2.11.2019 |
Denver Post: News: Local |
Facing criticisms this week from environmental groups, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner portrayed himself as a steadfast defender of Colorado’s oil and gas industry in an era of unprecedented progressive attacks. |
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[flenvcenter :: Green Jobs]
[newstrust :: Green Power]
[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[demo :: Coal]
[demo :: Oil and Gas]
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[flenvcenter :: General]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Media]
[flenvcenter :: Media]
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Is renewable energy’s future dammed?
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1.11.2019 |
High Country News Most Recent |
A proposed hydroelectric project on the Little Colorado River shows the tricky trade-offs in transitioning from fossil fuels. |
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[flenvcenter :: Rivers]
[flenvcenter :: Hydroelectric]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
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[flenvcenter :: Colorado River]
[flenvcenter :: Arizona]
[flenvcenter :: Arizona]
[flenvcenter :: Oil and Gas]
[flenvcenter :: Hydroelectric]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: Wind]
[flenvcenter :: General]
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Thirty months after fatal Firestone blast, Colorado’s widening web of underground pipelines still not fully mapped
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27.10.2019 |
Denver Post: Local |
Colorado leaders promised back in 2017 that they'd do all they could to make sure a tragedy like the Firestone home explosion never happens again. They promised comprehensive public pipeline maps and better inspections to detect leaks along underground lines. But that still hasn't been done. |
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[irge304 :: Environmental Justice]
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[newstrust :: Green Power]
[newstrust :: Businesses]
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[flenvcenter :: Education]
[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[demo :: Oil and Gas]
[irge304 :: Green Power]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Air Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Air Policy]
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[sattva_1 :: air]
[sattva_1 :: energy]
[flenvcenter :: Birds]
[flenvcenter :: Drilling]
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
[flenvcenter :: Impacts]
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[irge304 :: Oil Exploration]
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[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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[flenvcenter :: Alternative Vehicles]
[flenvcenter :: Wells]
[flenvcenter :: Pollution]
[flenvcenter :: Colorado]
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Leading residential solar company expands Denver headquarters, expects more growth
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22.10.2019 |
Denver Post: Business |
Sunrun Inc., a national leader in residential solar and storage services, is expanding its Denver-based operations, officially opening its larger downtown office space Monday. |
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[flenvcenter :: Solar]
[flenvcenter :: National]
[flenvcenter :: Policy]
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Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air condition the outdoors
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21.10.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
It was 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46.7 degrees Celsius) in the shade outside the new Al Janoub soccer stadium, and the air felt to air-conditioning expert Saud Ghani as if God had pointed "a giant hair dryer" at Qatar. |
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[flenvcenter :: Climate Change Science]
[flenvcenter :: Solar]
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Caldara: When local control just goes one way — that’s not local control
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11.10.2019 |
Denver Post: Opinion |
Cities can now raise the minimum wage, but they can’t lower it. That’s not local control. That’s
a one-way ratchet. |
Halliburton lays off 178 petroleum workers in Mesa County
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10.10.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
Halliburton Energy Services let go of 178 workers at its Grand Junction facility on Monday, part of a larger layoff across the region. |
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[flenvcenter :: Drilling]
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Global job-recruiter says buzz about oil, gas activity drew the company to Colorado
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8.10.2019 |
Headlines: All Headlines |
A global job-placement and recruitment company specializing in the energy and manufacturing industries has opened an office in Denver on the strength of the oil and gas activity in northern Colorado. |
Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm, sources say
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7.10.2019 |
Denver Post: All Political News |
As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump's main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. |
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[flenvcenter :: Republican]
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