State officials are all in on making Pueblo, Yuma and other areas into carbon-capture hubs, for jobs and revenue. But neighbors of the smokestacks don’t want more carbon under their ground.
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New Belgium Brewing prepares for industrial heat pump that could cut its greenhouse gas emissions
Fort Collins-based AtmosZero is using brewer to pilot a drop-in heat pump system that could help reduce the carbon footprints of other similar companies that account for 7% of U.S. greenhouse gases.
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Opinion: Xcel’s Clean Heat Plan is less than meets the eye
In reality, it is a plan to keep burning natural gas, which only adds to climate-warming emissions.
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Want a hot tub at your Colorado ski town home? You might have to offset its emissions first.
Breckenridge — and soon Summit County — is adopting a “renewable energy mitigation plan” to offset greenhouse gases from outdoor amenities
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Boulder company puts steelmaking on a greenhouse gas diet with low-carbon iron
Electra is patenting a low-temperature iron-making method that can also clean up discarded ore piles, with backing of Colorado congressional delegation.
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Will a Colorado biochar company lock up enough carbon to help the planet?
Biochar Now explains how smoldering wood into charcoal might take a small bite from climate change
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Net-zero federal lab set to open in Colorado in 2026 thanks to Inflation Reduction Act
A new, all-electric Food and Drug Administration lab will be funded through $79 million from the federal climate change and health care law.
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How to heat Denver’s buildings with sewage. And no, it doesn’t smell.
National Western Center and Colorado State University Spur campus exchange effluent heat to clean water pipes for a low-carbon, renewable flow.
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Zornio: Colorado’s e-bike rebates could help many of us reduce our carbon footprint, with a smile
As a long-time bike commuter, I’ve easily pedaled thousands of miles over the years. But as much as I love to ride, I’ve always felt a small pang of guilt for falling short in not using my bicycle for all my daily transportation needs. Hopefully, Colorado is about to reduce my carbon footprint with its […]
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Here’s where Colorado wants to capture and bury 350,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year
A pioneering carbon capture company wants to take the climate change fight to northeastern Colorado by gathering 350,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year from ethanol fermentation at plants in Yuma and Sterling and injecting it into underground wells. Carbon America announced the project Thursday with Sterling Ethanol and Yuma Ethanol, in apparently the first […]