What will come of these hot, dry winds licking at winter’s back door?
Ponds on a ranch in northwestern Colorado last week were full, a rare treat in recent years for...
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Author: Allen Best
Fossil-free technology that heats homes in frigid Fraser
The coldest temperature this winter at the new home of Joe Smyth and Kristen Taddonio was 17...
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Will this coal plant deliver electricity during a 2030 heat wave?
For all electrical utilities, R is the first letter of the alphabet. Reliability, keeping the...
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An unsolved math problem on the Colorado River
The Colorado River’s confounding math problem Spring runoff last year in the Colorado River...
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Russian Oligarchs and Pueblo’s steel mill
Putin crony Roman Abramovich’s ownership of London’s Chelsea soccer club has been crimped by...
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We’re on cusp of new ways to get warm (or cool down)
Natural gas arrived in 1963 at the house where I was reared in a Colorado farming town. It was...
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Nuclear bill failed, but this conversation will continue
A bill proposing study of nuclear energy in Colorado was killed in an obscure legislative...
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Electricity today is like Colorado’s road network a century ago
Imagine life in Colorado before direct flights to ski towns, before the interstate highways, or...
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Why Vail has Begun tearing out Turf in its Public Parks
Todd Oppenheimer has had a 33-year career in Vail, where he serves as the landscape architect and...
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In Colorado, end almost in sight for the natural gas bridge
A decade ago, natural gas was being called the bridge fuel. Burning it produces half the...
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The Marshall Fire, Climate change, and Colorado’s legislative agenda
Last week’s Marshall Fire was a precedent in one critical way. During what is typically the...
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The perplexity of a useless boat ramp at Lake Powell
As the sun slipped behind the canyon wall last Friday, I lingered at the bottom of a concrete boat...
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