At Norwood’s Pinion Park, a model to make homes affordable for paycheck-to-paycheck residents is put to the test
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A Black separatist group’s utopian dream for land near Telluride withered after an armed standoff
When Black Hammer came to Beaver Pines, a sparsely populated neighborhood on the high desert about 25 miles west of Telluride, they came for the soil. They were about two dozen leftist revolutionaries, almost all people of color. In Denver and other U.S. cities, the group’s chapters had spent the pandemic handing out food and […]
Posted inEconomy, Energy, News
Some worried western Montrose County would fade after the coal plant closed. It hasn’t.
Nucla — Brad Campbell took the best job he could after graduating high school, working at the local coal-fired power plant for up to $42 an hour. He got married, bought a house and paid it off in three years. When he learned Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association would close the Nucla plant early, in […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: Tri-State’s CEO on the power supplier’s year of change
They said it couldn’t be done: Create a clean energy transition at breakneck speed, while simultaneously reducing costs to consumers. Yet, after a year of hard work, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association’s member cooperatives and public power districts have made that commitment, cleaner and more affordable than before. In January 2020, Tri-State announced our vision […]
Posted inClimate, Environment, News
Colorado wants to help after coal leaves town. It’s going to take time. And a lot of money.
A state plan to support the economies of 11 Colorado counties where coal mines and power plants are closing anticipates a price tag of at least $100 million to help workers and their communities. The state wants to help coal communities however it can, but the people who spent more than a year developing the […]
Posted inBusiness, Climate, Energy, Environment, News, Politics and Government
Ambitious plan to reduce CO2 emissions still leaves Tri-State getting 23% of electricity from coal plants
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association – Colorado’s second largest electricity provider – has proposed a $21 billion plan to wean itself from a heavy reliance on coal-fired power and move to renewable energy. The plan would reduce Tri-State’s carbon dioxide emissions by 80% from 2005 levels by 2030 – meeting a state greenhouse gas reduction […]
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Tri-State increases the amount of greenhouse gases it will cut in Colorado by adding wind and solar generation
Colorado’s second biggest electricity provider – Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association – upped its goal for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to an 80% cut by 2030 – putting itself in line with other utilities in the state. Tri-State’s original 70% target for cutting carbon dioxide emissions had lagged other Colorado utilities, such as Xcel […]
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A former mining camp is converting into a boutique getaway, sparking hope in Montrose County’s West End
NATURITA — The flashing lights bounce off the rusting water tank as the DJ’s thunderous bass resonates across the desert. A couple dozen well-spaced revelers, young and old in wigs and glitter and outrageous costumes, frolic beneath the glowing Milky Way. A friend leans over to Natalie Binder as they absorb the scene from the […]
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We now know how many billions of gallons of water Colorado will save by closing coal-fired power plants
The closing of 30 coal-fired generating units across the West – including 10 in Colorado – could free-up more than 76 billion gallons of river and groundwater a year in the increasingly parched region, although utilities appear cautious about giving up their water rights. An analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute, a non-profit, utility […]
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Environment, News, Politics and Government, Water
The closure of Colorado coal-fired powerplants is freeing up water for thirsty cities
Colorado’s rapid switch to renewable energy is having a surprising side effect: The closure of coal-fired power plants is freeing up precious water. Any newfound source of water is a blessing in a state routinely stricken by drought and wildfire, where rural residents can be kept from washing a car or watering a garden in […]