Colorado energy company makes it big even with prices small
A few years ago, a couple of recent graduates from the Colorado School of Mines working for a Denver oil and gas company took a good look at the underground rock formations north of Denver and...
View ArticlePrices for oil, natural gas, gasoline heading higher in 2017, says forecast
Higher prices for crude oil, natural gas and gasoline are among the highlights from the federal Energy Information Administration’s first short-term outlook for 2017. The new forecast projects that...
View ArticleHickenlooper names resources official as new leader of Colorado Energy Office
The new head of the Colorado Energy office is an old hand at the sector. Gov. John Hickenlooper on Tuesday appointed Kathleen Staks, assistant director for energy and minerals at the Colorado...
View ArticleParis-based company scoops up Boulder's Renewable Choice Energy
Boulder’s Renewable Choice Energy, which specializes in helping businesses go green, has been acquired by Schneider Electric, the Paris-based international company that focuses on energy management and...
View ArticleMortenson finishes Panasonic building near DIA
M.A. Mortenson Co. said Wednesday that it’s finished a 112,500-square-foot operations and technology center for Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Co. near Denver International Airport. The Panasonic...
View ArticleColorado coal mine can stay open, Obama administration rules
The Colowyo Mine in northwestern Colorado can continue operating, protecting 220 jobs, under a plan approved by federal officials during the waning hours of President Barack Obama’s administration. The...
View ArticleDenver apartment project near Sloans Lake to include energy saving attributes
PACE Equity, a Milwaukee company that finances energy-saving upgrades around the country, said Thursday that a project it’s working on in Denver’s Sloans Lake neighborhood has received funding through...
View ArticleFeds sign off on $1.2B overhaul of I-70 across north Denver
The controversial $1.2 billion controversial plan to expand Interstate 70 through north Denver was approved today by the Federal Highway Administration. The plan includes sinking a portion of I-70 near...
View ArticleAnadarko engineer telling the fossil fuel story
By day, Cody Robinson is a petroleum reservoir engineer for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of Colorado’s biggest oil and gas companies. He works out of the Texas company’s Denver office, helping to...
View ArticleHow do downtown Denver commuters get to work? Survey says ...
If commuters have access to mass transit — via a free or subsidized pass, or a new train line — they’ll use it, according to the results of an annual survey of thousands of people who commute to work...
View ArticleMetro Denver mayors: No more time for delays on key issues
Mayors from across metro Denver are willing to take steps to affordable housing and transportation stemming from rapid population growth, but they’re hoping for help from state lawmakers for solutions...
View ArticleCDOT to test 'SnowStang' — Saturday bus routes to ski resorts
Don’t like I-70 traffic on the weekends? There may soon be a new option. The Colorado Department of Transportation is launching two Saturday test runs of buses to six of the state’s ski resorts in...
View ArticleDU won’t divest endowment from fossil fuels
The University of Denver said Tuesday it won’t divest its endowment from fossil fuel-related companies, but it will step up its efforts to create a more sustainable campus. The announcement followed...
View ArticleColoradans respond to Trump's moves reviving controversial Keystone, Dakota...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to smooth the way for the construction of two controversial oil and gas pipelines that have dominated headlines: the Keystone XL and the Dakota Access Pipeline....
View ArticleTrump infrastructure to-do list includes Colorado freeways
Two Colorado highway projects appear on a priority list of about 50 proposed major infrastructure upgrades nationwide as the Trump administration prepares a push to improve the nation's network of...
View ArticleHickenlooper on Colorado-Trump relationship: It’s complicated
Following a flurry of executive orders flowing out of President Donald Trump’s White House this week, Gov. John Hickenlooper told an audience at a Beaver Creek energy forum that he’s changed the...
View ArticleA green light for smarter Colorado highways
As metro Denver’s population grows, drivers spend more time stuck in traffic jams, costing the economy more than $2 billion a year in lost time and fuel. And more motorists are dying in traffic...
View ArticleMore on the cover story: Colorado officials aim to smooth I-25 traffic using...
In the early 2000s, John Gaffney, a traffic engineer in Melbourne, Australia, set out on a quest around the world to find the answer to a question: Why does traffic sometimes stop? The answer lies in...
View ArticleDespite Trump's talk, energy ties of U.S., Mexico, Canada called strong at...
Amid growing tensions between President Donald Trump and Mexican leaders this week, a theme of North American unity in the energy markets came through loud and clear at the Vail Global Energy Forum....
View ArticleRTD to open R Line light-rail train through Aurora in February
The Regional Transportation District’s long awaited, $687 million new light rail train service through Aurora, closing a 10.5 mile gap along Interstate 225 between Parker Road and I-70, will open on...
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