‘Featured’ Archives
Fasten Your Seatbelts — the Campaign Has Begun!
It looks like things are heating up on the local energy front. While the Boulder City Council ponders whether to put an Xcel franchise on the ballot or instead ask voters for the authority to create a local utility ("municipalization"), interested [...]
Can Boulder Do More for the Homeless?
Allowing camping on public property would not solve the problem of homelessness, Tom Carr, Boulder City Attorney, declared at a PLAN-Boulder forum on June 10 entitled “Should Something Different Be Done for the Homeless in Boulder?” But Carr and [...]
Glustrom Wins Renewable Energy Award
On June 3rd in Fort Collins, CO, Leslie Glustrom of Clean Energy Action was awarded Colorado Renewable Energy Society’s (CRES) most prestigious award, The Larson-Notari, for her exemplary contributions in the field of renewable energy. Glustrom [...]
In Search of the Magic City: Making Pedestrian Places in an Automotive Culture
I'm looking at the April 1961 issue of Road & Track ("the motor enthusiasts' magazine") which I bought when I was twelve. Above the cover photo, a time-lapse shot of the ocean-front highway in nighttime Santa Monica (white and red streaks [...]
The Power to Shape the Future
At a city sponsored forum on June 2 entitled “Boulder’s Energy Future: Know Your Power” David Driskell, the city’s Director of Planning and Sustainability, declared, “The energy industry is changing. We can either be in the forefront of it [...]
Can Boulder Keep the Lights On?
Dennis Eastman, chief executive officer of ENCO Utility Services, declared at a forum sponsored by Clean Energy Action on the evening of June 1 that a municipally-owned electrical utility in the City of Boulder “would be fundamentally better [...]
Smart Grid’s Credibility Gap
On the morning of May 27 a team of six IBM employees with expertise in Smart Grid technology presented to a crowd of City of Boulder officials, including seven City Council members, business representatives, and clean energy activists the results of [...]
Move to Amend
“We, the People” was the theme and the oft-repeated refrain of a rousing speech delivered by former Green Party President candidate David Cobb at the Unity Church on Saturday in Boulder. In town to lay the groundwork for the nationwide “Move [...]
Kids Artwalk Boulder
The North Boulder Recreation Center's walls are covered with outrageous displays of color and creativity. The Youth Services Initiative, led by Alex Zinga through Boulder's Parks and Recreation Department, is putting on an art show and the rec [...]
What Can Boulder Learn from Green Energy Pioneers?
At a PLAN-Boulder forum on the evening of May 16 two members of Professor Bruce Goldstein’s graduate planning studio class at the University of Colorado-Denver summarized case studies it conducted of three energy localization programs in various [...]
