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Colorado Springs junior again wins state science fair

MelindaBromanCCe — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:18:16 +0000

Sara Volz, a junior at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs, has won the grand prize in the senior division at the 57th Colorado Science and Engineering Fair at Colorado State

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Global Warming: Pine beetles thriving at higher elevations

jos — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:09:52 +0000

CU researchers document accelerated breeding by tree-killing insects By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — In one of the clearest signs yet that global warming is having a direct impact on the environment and economy of the Colorado high country, a trio of University of Colorado researchers say they’ve shown that mountain pine beetles have responded

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Green Car Convoy stops in Glenwood today as part of 13-city tour

martincasts — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:17:34 +0000

A group of four fuel-efficient hybrid or clean diesel cars left Denver on Sunday for an 800-mile, 13-city tour of Colorado to showcase the latest “green” cars.

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Colo. lawmakers promote electronic recycling bill

trataVeisse — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:22:39 +0000

Henry Renteria-Vigil, once a welfare recipient, found his riches in the wastelands of Colorado's landfills.He did so by starting a company that recycles and refurbishes the old computers, printers and …

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PTC Update: Colorado, Iowa Delegations Offer Support as Wind Industry Hits the Hill

gregflets — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

The American wind industry’s efforts to extend its key federal tax incentive received several promising bits of news last week. A bipartisan group of Colorado’s congressional delegation, including Republican Representatives Scott Tipton and Cory Gardner, called on a congressional conference committee to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) as part of the payroll tax extension.

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Push begins for recycling of ‘e-waste’

FoetleOwelp — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:34:47 +0000

As people enjoy playing with all of the new electronic gadgets they received this holiday season, recycling advocates are urging them to not just throw away their old ones.

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Secretary Chu: We Can Win Clean Energy Battle

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:00:00 +0000

Seven trillion dollars are at stake in the global battle to win market share in renewable energy and the United States can win that battle, U.S.

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Rentech’s Integrated Bio-Refinery Project Mechanically Complete

GreenGirl — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:22:20 +0000

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: RTK) announced today that all systems required to start up the Company’s integrated bio-refinery (IBR) in Commerce City, Colorado are mechanically complete.

Global warming: California may list pikas as endangered

solar energy — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:30:11 +0000

The alpine mammals are quickly disappearing from marginal low-elevation habitat By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Pikas in Colorado may be holding their own at high elevations, but in California, the alpine mammals are quickly disappearing from areas like Mt. Lassen and the Bodie Hills as their habitat succumbs to global warming

U.N. Secretary-General: Renewables Can End Energy Poverty

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:53:35 +0000

United Nation’s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made renewable energy and its ability to lift the poorest nations to new levels of prosperity a central theme during his visit to Colorado on Wednesday.

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