We'll see what replaces coal generation in the Yampa River Valley of Colorado. Xcel rep mentioned storage: hydrogen and pumped-storage hydro. This is about a bill that would allow Xcel and TS G&T to retain their water rights to 2050. bigpivots.com/keeping-water-…

A little line-item of the Colorado Water Conservation Board funding bill is a big bill for SE Colorado: bigpivots.com/how-much-water…

Lots of wind and solar panels to erect in Colorado during the next 15 years. Do we need changes to land-use siting? bigpivots.com/how-can-colora…

Today somebody verbed a noun on me: Do you office downtown or somewhere else?

Who's the water thief in Colorado? We get snow but then ... This is sort of a science whodunnit that I wrote for Headwaters Magazine. bigpivots.com/mystery-of-the…

Plenty of outrage. Was it justified? - Big Pivots bigpivots.com/plenty-of-outr…

I like it when I can weave history into stories, sort of layer the content. I did so in this piece that was triggered by Colorado's big wind storm of April 6-7. bigpivots.com/winds-of-clima…

In Colorado, we keep talking about just transition, with some convinced that nuclear energy is the answer. I'm skeptical. That's one of about a dozen stories in the latest issue of the Big Pivots e-magazine: bigpivots.com/downloads/

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Is there life after coal in Colorado for Craig and Moffat County? I probe a bit on this piece. A coal community without the coal bigpivots.com/a-coal-communi…

AJ's awards included an honor for extended coverage, for a five-part series authored by Allen Best about the transition away from turf grass necessitated climate change and population growth produced. Allen Best Society of Professional Journalists Award-winning series here: aspenjournalism.org/tag/urban-turf…

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A happy day in many households in rural (or at least semi-rural) Colorado Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants bigpivots.com/colorado-elect…

Colorado will get a LOT of new solar in the next 6 years, and counties have been hurrying to be prepared for that reality with their land-use codes. I start this story with a pretty interesting case. Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy bigpivots.com/leaving-everyb…

I am considering getting off Twitter or X or whatever Elon Musk wants to call it. I am so tired of his nonsense. He's a weirdo, but a very dangerous one with all the misinformation he spews.

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