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Technology Watch: Sun Shines on Old Idea to Make Hydrogen
Back in 1998, when gasoline prices were $1.03 per gallon, John Turner of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) dropped jaws all over the energy world by demonstrating that he could use sunlight to extract hydrogen from water at a remarkable 12.4% efficiency.
2Nov2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Solar Versus Oil and Gas on Public Lands:
A Tale of Two Processes
Interior Department’s approval of utility scale solar development stands in sharp contrast to the approach it has taken for oil and gas leasing. While exploration companies are dealing with long delays in the approval process for drilling permits on BLM-managed lands, big PV projects are getting fast tracked.
28Oct2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Three Warning Signs America is Losing the Global Clean Energy Race
While it has made progress, the fundamentals of America’s clean energy economy are not strong. The warning signs are staring us in the face. The first sign is America’s dwindling investments in clean energy innovation.
26Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Viewpoint: Fracking Needs Rules, Not Flawed Studies
It’s wise to ensure that fracking — which enables the extraction of gas and oil trapped underground — doesn’t pose unnecessary social, economic or health risks. Unfortunately, much of the research to date has been tainted by conflicts of interest — real and imagined — that have colored findings to provide ammunition for supporters or opponents.
23Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado’s Argon Gas Could Be Key in Defining the Universe’s Mysterious Dark Matter
In a sand-colored metal building in remote southwest Colorado, the quest to unravel one of the most perplexing questions about the nature of the universe looks like this: a bedroom-sized tangle of pipes, gauges, wires and cylinders along with two computers, a stepladder, a big fan and several crates of canary yellow tanks.
9Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Moves Forward on Contested Oil and Gas Rules Process
The proposal calls for more consultation with residents who might be affected by doubling the period for public comment to 40 days for wells proposed within 700 feet of buildings. It also would require oil and gas companies to mitigate noise, traffic, dust, odor and industrial lighting.
2Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Clearing the Air — Emissions Reduction Regulations in Colorado
Recent news reports have related concerns among Front Range communities about the impacts of natural gas production on air quality. What is often overlooked in the reporting is the extensive regulation of these emissions sources already in place.
1Oct2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Assessing New Energy Development on Wildlife
A new report by Joseph Northrup and George Wittemyer of Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources summarizes current knowledge on energy production’s impacts on wildlife and related mitigation strategies, and highlights gaps in umderstanding the repercussions of alterations to ecosystems.
30Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Revenue Picture Improves From Oil
and Gas Development
Economists from Gov. Hickenlooper’s office said the state will take in $239 million more in tax revenue in the current fiscal year, which began in July, than originally predicted. The growth brings the expected general fund revenue to $8 billion for the fiscal year.
23Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Solar is a Four-Letter Word To Many Investors
Failed or failing solar companies litter the clean energy landscape to the point where CEOs trying to raise money get told by venture capitalists, “I don’t want to get sunburned.” But there are occasional good signs out there. In fact, technology and financial agility can represent hope of rising out of the clutter.
13Sep2012 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Niobrara, Bakken Shale Plays Fuel $Billions
in Oil and Gas Deals
The lure of oil beneath the Western Plains — from North Dakota to Colorado — has led to a record $14.7 billion in mergers and acquisitions since the start of last year, according to an analysis by accounting and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
11Sep2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
CO2 Emissions Decline in West
Descending from the Pollution Plateau: Why Carbon Dioxide Emissions are Declining in the Mountain West and How to Keep it that Way comes on the heels of a study by the U.S. Department of Energy showing CO2 emissions in the United States at their lowest level since 1992.
4Sep2012 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Groups File Protests Of Interior Solar Plan
Few such protests in and of themselves induce an agency to change course on a project, but they do bolster the protestors’ case should they decide to file suit over the project once the Secretary issues a formal Record of Decision.
3Sep2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued- Survey: Global Warming, Clean Energy Should be Priorities
Six in 10 Americans want the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions regardless of other countries’ emissions efforts, according to the survey. Only 6% say the U.S. should not reduce its greenhouse emissions. The study also shows only half of Americans have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. Among those who have heard of the pipeline, 63% support the project.
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Oil/Gas Industry: Trust us! We care, we really do. The rest of the us: No! 
Thanks for the info Fred! 
I think its a 10% mandate not 5%. 
To see this exciting change as "scary" seems incredibly short-sited to me. Between the increasing power demands caused by ...
Thanks for highlighting all the great work the Northern Colorado Chapter of CRES is doing. One small but important correction--the ...