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Intelligent Utility | SmartGridCity: Did Xcel get results?
On Wednesday, Xcel Energy filed documents on outcomes at SmartGridCity in Boulder, Colo., that the utility argues justify additional cost recovery to the tune of at least $16.6 million. Read the entire article at Intelligent Utility: [...]
eenews.net | Colo. utility seeks mega-reservoir to meet growing demand on Rockies’ eastern slope
A hotly contested Colorado water project is one step closer to construction after the Bureau of Reclamation released its final environmental impact statement on the project last week. But proposed environmental remediation measures "fall short," [...]
The Independent | Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas
"Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale and [...]
Bouldercreek Angler | Discovering the Altona Grange-In the Nick of Time for Christmas
"The Altona Grange building out there north of town, seemed to stand for that whole experience of farming, farming within a community. Community: that’s the key word. These pioneers of Boulder County joined forces to survive and prevail, out here [...]
NPR | Who Are The Young Farmers Of ‘Generation Organic’?
"Lindsey Shute's husband Ben has been running his own farm in Tivoli, New York, for ten years now. He says that the great thing about farming is that it's a really practical form of idealism. 'It's all well and good – and important – to have [...]
TPM Idea Lab | EPA And Army Join Forces For ‘Net Zero’ Sustainability Program
"The Army in particular has adopted an overarching cultural shift that is clearly at odds with the Republican focus on promoting fossil fuels regardless of the cost to public health and national security. That shift is neatly summed up by the [...]
The New Yorker | iPhones vs. the Police
"Thanks to steam power, chronometers, and standardized weights and measures, it became possible to know more about what other people were doing and to expect more of them. Previously the world had run on trust, bribery, and subtle forms of [...]
The Atlantic Wire | Heads in the Sand
"Over the past year, GOP politicians have increasingly questioned or flatly denied the established science of climate change. As the presidential primaries heat up, the leading candidates have either denied the verdict of climate scientists or [...]
TPM2012 | Jon Huntsman’s Climate Change Flip Flop Explained
"Huntsman went today from the candidate who attacked others for rejecting climate science to joining with them in the conspiracy theories about falsified science and the extremist view that the jury’s still out on whether or not climate change is [...]
The Atlantic Cities | The Most Artistic Cities in America
"hich U.S. cities and metros have the most extensive artistic communities? Boulder has a university, bohemian culture, and scenery; Santa Fe, of course, has been an arts center since the days of Georgia O’Keeffe. Santa Cruz, New Bedford, and [...]
