What Coloradans can do as state becomes more prone to suburban wildfires
In this aerial view, burned homes sit in a neighborhood decimated by the Marshall Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.(Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
Read full storyOfficials set webinar for farmers, other ag producers affected by Marshall Fire
Map of Marshall Fire damage.Screenshot of government-provided map. (Boulder County, Colo.) State and federal officials have scheduled a virtual meeting next week for farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers affected by the Marshall Fire.
Read full storyVail Resorts donates $100k to Marshall Fire relief fund
A Mountain View wildland firefighter walks through the smoke and haze after a fast-moving wildfire swept through Louisville on Dec. 30.Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images. (Broomfield, Colo.) International ski property company Vail Resorts, headquartered in an area of Broomfield that was evacuated because of the Marshall Fire, is donating $100,000 to a relief fund for victims.
Read full storyLakewood cannabis publisher, event company sells for $120 million
Marijuana buds with marijuana joints and cannabis oil.jcomp/Freepik. (Lakewood, Colo.) A New York-based trade show and conference operator paid $120 million for a Front Range-headquartered cannabis industry publisher and event producer.
Read full storyColorado cannabis trade group elects Latina marijuana dispensary owner as board chair
(Wheat Ridge, Colo.) The Marijuana Industry Group has elected the Latina owner of dispensaries in Boulder and Denver as board chair as the cannabis industry grapples with including women and minorities in leadership positions.
Read full storySM Energy pledges to eliminate routine flaring as investor, regulator pressure increases
Natural gas flaring in western Texas oil field in 2020.Jonathan Cutrer/Flickr. (Denver, Colo.) A Denver-based fossil fuel company operating in Texas is joining other energy firms around the nation in reducing burning unwanted natural gas associated with oil extraction.
Read full storyDaVita buys renewable energy equal to North American operations use
Aerial view of the Texas solar farm that is one of two renewable energy projects DaVita contracted with Longroad Energy to build.(Photo provided by DaVita) (Denver, Colo.) As the health care sector increasingly works to reduce its sizeable carbon footprint, a Denver-based kidney care provider is aiming to invest in enough renewable energy to cover all of its global operations after recently hitting that milestone for its North American facilities.
Read full storyFeds want solar energy development on 13,000 acres in southern Colorado
Solar energy zones in south-central Colorado. (The Fourmile East area is no longer available for utility-scale solar development.)Screenshot from a BLM website. (Alamosa, Colo.) The Bureau of Land Management is soliciting interest for utility-scale solar energy development on more than 13,000 acres of public land in the San Louis Valley of south-central Colorado near Alamosa.
Read full storyNatural gas shortage drives up Coloradans' winter energy bills
(Across Colorado) Coloradans are likely to see sharply higher energy bills this winter despite the recent warm temperatures as global demand for natural gas outstrips supply. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has been gathering information since November about potential customer bill increases.
Read full storyBLM keeps 36 jobs in Grand Junction, plans to add more
(Grand Junction, Colo.) Three dozen positions will remain in the Bureau of Land Management’s Grand Junction offices as others relocate to Washington. Although the main headquarters will return to the nation’s capital, reversing a Trump-era shift, the BLM will bulk up its presence in Grand Junction, which will function as the agency’s western headquarters.
Read full storyBLM Grand Junction office adds new hires as it loses HQ status
U.S. Interior Department headquarters in Washington, D.C.Kmf164/Wikimedia Commons. (Grand Junction, Colo.) The Bureau of Land Management plans to hire more positions at its western headquarters in Grand Junction even as the agency moves its top leadership back to Washington.
Read full storyGovernment fleets help drive Colorado push for more electric vehicles
(Across Colorado) Colorado government agencies are increasingly adding electric vehicles amid a state and federal push to reduce harmful emissions from government fleets. Last week, the Buena Vista School District said it would add an electric bus to its routes next year, and the Denver suburb of Northglenn is analyzing the cost of replacing part of its fleet with electric vehicles. On Thursday, Fort Collins-based venture capital firm Innosphere Ventures Fund announced an investment in Boulder-headquartered Microgrid Labs, a software and consulting company specializing in commercial fleet electrification and microgrids.
Read full storyI-70 noise barrier construction begins between Tennyson and Lowell
Area of noise wall replacement.Courtesy Colorado Department of Transportation. The Colorado Department of Transportation and construction firm Kraemer North America are ramping up work on a noise barrier along Interstate 70 between Tennyson Street and Lowell Boulevard in Denver. But residents and drivers won’t see the new walls going up until at least next month.
Read full storyPolis, Perlmutter, businesses slam lawmakers after marijuana banking act setback
Next Green Wave Cannabis Flower - GG4 Strain " Original Glue"Ryan Lange/Unsplash. (Denver, Colo.) Gov. Jared Polis joined other federal marijuana reform supporters in Colorado in disappointment this week after a rider that would have made cannabis banking easier was stripped from the must-pass national defense spending bill.
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