In some Colorado mountain towns the GHG emissions of hot tubs and firepits must be offset with solar panels or a hefty fee for town clean energy projects. Driveway and roof snowmelt systems are the biggest emitters. coloradosun.com/2023/08/15/mou…

ICYMI, big news for 2 million acres of stunning Western Slope land, as BLM leans toward a much more green-friendly roadmap for some of Colorado's most memorable views coloradosun.com/2023/08/24/blm…

Old oil and gas wells come back to haunt housing developers on Colorado's Front Range. Instead of ghost busters, the are seeking help to plug the wells from the state's Oprhan Well Program. coloradosun.com/2023/08/28/orp…

The flavor of the beer is in the boiling. New Belgium is going to experiment with an inudstrial heat pump to make thatboiling water. coloradosun.com/2023/09/11/new…

Colorado saw a bump in orphan oil and gas wells this summer with with a well plugging program funded by tens of millions of federal and state dollars it is probably in a better positions than most states to deal with it. coloradosun.com/2023/09/27/orp…

Rural electric cooperatives that relied on big power produces like Tri-State and Xcel are cutting the cord and sailing into wholesale markets, "forging their own energy independence." coloradosun.com/2023/10/02/ene…

WashPo-University of Maryland survey finds most people don't object to living near a solar or wind installation. This will come as news to several anti-wind, anti-soalr Facebook groups washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…

The final frontier? After trying to tamp down oil and gas emisssions from this source and that, in a game of regulatory whack-a-mole, Colorado regulatorsare pondering if there are limits to o&g activity. coloradosun.com/2023/10/13/how…

Wyo Gov. Mark Godon draws a vote of no confidence from the Wyo Republican Party for "pushing a socialist agenda." His offence? Saying that the climate is changing and his state should become carbon negative. Marx would be proud. cowboystatedaily.com/2023/11/04/wyo…

Geothermal heat pumps are more efficient that air-source ones, but drilling the bore holes to tap into subsurface heat is pricey. One or two wells for many heat pumps could be a solution. coloradosun.com/2023/12/05/geo…

The U.S. 🇺🇸 power sector by the numbers in 2023: 🌞 148TWh, up 16% on the year 🌬️ 419TWh down 4% ⛏️⛰️ 386 million tons, lowest utility consumption since Nixon administration 🏭 1,659 TWh, up 8%, 41% of US power gen 🔋5GW new installs thru Nov, a record subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

Xcel Energy is closing a 950-MW coal-fired power plant in Pueblo, Colo. A committee of local heavy hitters wants the unit replaced with a nuclear plant saying when it comes to jobs and taxes it is the only thing to "make Pueblo whole." coloradosun.com/2024/01/08/pue…

Colo is set to adopt pipeline safety rules (an audit found the state inspection program in shambles), leading the fight for tighter regs are a couple of corn and sugar beet farmers coloradosun.com/2024/01/16/col…

Goodbye, Colorado. Storied ranching family in need of 10,000 to 500,000 acres. coloradosun.com/2024/01/21/chi…

Colo oil and gas regulators nix one drilling plan near suburban homes and one in the middle of pronghorn high priority habitat. One local official said it looks like the commission is getting more comfrtable saying no. We'll see. coloradosun.com/2024/02/01/oil…

Colo oil and gas regulators face a dilemma. The greatest risk of orphan wells is from small producers, but they have less cash to put up for new finanacial guarantees. Going easy on them may leave the state with less orphan well money. coloradosun.com/2024/02/20/oil…

The data center boom and its demand for energy and water is creeping into Colorado. coloradosun.com/2024/03/25/as-…

This is insane. Denialism in its highest form. “The concerns about overtopping are not just hypothetical,” said the former deput director of the LSU Hurricane Center washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

A story oft repeated. I used Twitter as a reporting tool to connect on environmental and energy issues and to folo other journalists, but my feed is now filled with a lot of bull. I am heading over to bluesky