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GSA seeks a more sustainable footprint for office space in Denver, elsewhere...
Dan Tangherlini's assigned office, as head of the U.S. General Services Administration, is spectacular. It's 1,600-square-feet, with wood paneling and a coffered ceiling, modeled on what you might find...
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RTD seeks public priority list for bus, rail to Denver's Northwestern suburbs
The Regional Transportation District has spent nearly a year looking at boosting mass transit options in Denver’s northwestern suburbs, including Boulder, and is asking the public for input. RTD will...
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Denver, Aurora mayors offer outlook at DBJ forum
The mayors of Denver and Aurora focused on regionalism and how their cities' futures are intertwined with the metro area's prospects as the spoke Tuesday at the Denver Business Journal's annual "State...
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Colorado touts protections for greater sage grouse (and hopes it's enough)
Colorado is hoping the federal government will walk a fine line between protecting the greater sage grouse and protecting economic activity in the northwestern part of the state. The state on Tuesday...
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Hancock is 1st mayor appointed to FAA advisory council
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has been appointed to the Federal Aviation Administration's Management Advisory Council — the first time a mayor has been appointed to the council. He'll serve a three-year...
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Google, BP venture capital boosts Colorado cleantech firms in 2013
Venture capitalists poured more than $196.2 million into Colorado’s clean technology firms during 2013, according to an accounting from Cleantech Group, which offers market information and consulting....
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Boulder appeals Colorado PUC decisions in city's battle with Xcel Energy
The city of Boulder has gone to court to appeal two decisions from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission that it says stand in the way of its desire to condemn substations, wires and poles owned by...
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DIA, RTD in dispute over construction at airport train station
Denver International Airport and the Regional Transportation District are in a legal tussle over which public entity is responsible for about $53 million worth of construction work at the new FasTracks...
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Smaller is better for federal space, says GSA chief
As head of the U.S. General Services Administration, Dan Tangherlini’s office in Washington, D.C., is spectacular. It’s 1,600 square feet, with wood paneling and a coffered ceiling, modeled on what you...
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Colorado algae company Solix BioSystems gets new leader
Solix BioSystems Inc., a startup that’s specialized in growing algae to produce products such as fuel, has appointed Austin Maguire its president and CEO. Maguire replaces former Solix CEO Joel Butler,...
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Skiers: CDOT plans some relief from weekend traffic jams on I-70
If the idea of sitting in the hours-long wintertime traffic jams that are so familiar to Colorado's high-country skiers make you find other weekend diversions in Denver, then here's something that...
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Colorado oilman reflects on $200B in deals over 40 years
Tom Petrie has spent 40 years offering financial advise to oil and gas companies. He figures he's been a part of more than $200 billion in energy-related mergers and acquisitions, including some of the...
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Former Gov. Ritter offers menu of clean energy options to Obama administration
President Barack Obama could boost the nation’s clean energy economy and cut its greenhouse gas emissions in the next three years by using his executive powers, according to a new report from the...
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Putting a lid on I-70, at a cost of $1.8 billion, called 'an iconic project'
What might be next for Interstate 70 through north Denver? We’ll find out in the next few months, when the Colorado Department of Transportation rolls out its latest plan for the few miles just east of...
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Public comment sought in Xcel Energy-solar power battle
Xcel Energy Inc.’s battle with members of Colorado’s solar power industry, over the “true value” of the renewable energy source, will be opened up for public comment on Feb. 3. The Colorado Public...
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Newmont Mining seeks clarification on Indonesian copper taxes
Newmont Mining Corp., one of the world's biggest gold miners, is contemplating legal action in the wake of new rules in Indonesia over the tax rate for exporting copper concentrate. The concentrate,...
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The federal Bureau of Land Management’s office in Colorado is getting a new temporary director: Ruth Welch, currently the director of the agency’s National Operations Center in Lakewood, which handles...
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Real Goods Solar rebrands as RGS Energy
Louisville’s Real Goods Solar Inc. was one of the first companies in the nation to sell solar power panels to the public, but going forward, the company is rebranding itself as RGS Energy. The name...
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Bill linking tax money to fracking bans dies in Colorado Legislature
A proposal to limit the amount of severance tax money local governments could get if they ban fracking within their jurisdictions has died in its first committee hearing at the Colorado Legislature....
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Ikea's Colorado store doubles down on solar power
Ikea finished the expansion of its solar power system, which more than doubled the size of the existing system — making the suburban Denver solar power system the largest rooftop array in Colorado. The...
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