Trump travel ban may sting some Colorado businesses despite few direct ties...
Few Colorado companies do business in nations directly impacted by President Donald Trump’s order restricting entry into the U.S., but that doesn’t mean there won’t be an impact, says a Denver...
View ArticleWill trains to DIA, Westminster keep running? RTD awaits federal decision
The Regional Transportation District is waiting to hear from federal railroad officials on whether they can keep running Denver’s new A and B commuter rail lines after Saturday. The commuter rail...
View ArticleHow the U.S. military and Microsoft have embraced energy efficiency
Big organizations are focusing on energy conservation across their operations — from the U.S. military to Microsoft, according to speakers at the recent Vail Global Energy Forum held in Beaver Creek...
View ArticleRTD gets more time to fix crossing gates on DIA, Westminster rail lines
Federal railroad officials on Wednesday granted the Regional Transportation District and its private contractor another waiver to keep the A and B commuter rail lines operating. The existing waiver was...
View ArticleRTD hopes to open the G Line to Arvada, Wheat Ridge in 2017
The Regional Transportation District’s general manager said Thursday he hopes to open the new G commuter rail line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge some time in 2017. But an exact date is contingent on the...
View ArticleEx-CIA chief outlines challenges facing U.S. at Vail energy forum
Structural changes around the world are shifting power from large nation-states to smaller players, even criminal gangs, and the private sector in the United States is likely to lead the way in...
View ArticleCongress rolling back BLM’s methane rule, similar to Colorado’s rule
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to roll back the Bureau of Land Management’s nascent rule requiring oil and gas companies to look for and fix field equipment...
View ArticleExclusive: A talk with Brad Holly, Anadarko's Denver-based onshore chief
The nation’s oil and gas industry has been through a lot, but things are looking up for 2017 for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of Colorado’s biggest energy companies. “We’ve been through two years that...
View ArticleJob numbers jump in Colorado's solar sector
Colorado had 6,004 jobs in the solar power sector, up 20 percent from the end of 2015, according to the 2016 National Solar Jobs Census, the seventh annual jobs report from The Solar Foundation. The...
View ArticleArmy Corps to clear the way for controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
The Army Corps of Engineers has informed lawmakers the agency intends to grant authority to Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners to complete construction on a controversial stretch of its Dakota...
View ArticleDenver, RTD to take a hard look at 16th Street Mall's future
Denver and the Regional Transportation District said today they are launching an "expanded analysis" of the 16th Street Mall "with an eye on potential reconfiguration to optimize the corridor for...
View ArticleU.S. oil and gas industry starting to pick up, economist says at Denver forum
The U.S. oil and gas industry is starting to pick itself up after two years of low prices and massive layoffs across the sector, according to Erica Bowman, the chief economist for the American...
View ArticleHickenlooper's picks for Public Utilities Commission feel the heat at state...
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s two nominees for the three-member Colorado Public Utilities Commission made it through a state Senate committee’s review Thursday, but not without scathing questions from some...
View ArticlePolis wants RTD to make a down payment on rail line to Boulder
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis said Thursday he has a great idea of how the Regional Transportation District can spend $134 million it expects to save from refinancing loans that helped pay for Denver Union...
View ArticleWind power support hinges on jobs
Vestas Wind Systems, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer that employs about 3,500 people at its four Colorado factories, closed out 2016 with a blitz of orders from U.S. customers for turbines to be...
View ArticleHickenlooper's picks for Colorado PUC sail through Senate confirmation
Gov. John Hickenlooper’s two nominees for slots on the Colorado Public Utilities Commission were confirmed by the state Senate Friday — a swift move that surprised some onlookers. The two nominees,...
View ArticleStock show buys Denver County Fair
The National Western Stock Show today announced it has purchased the Denver County Fair. The fair has been staged at the stock show’s National Western Complex in north Denver for the last six years....
View ArticleNoble Energy to boost spending in Colorado during 2017
Noble Energy Inc., one of Colorado’s biggest oil and gas operators, said it plans to invest more than $850 million in the state’s Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin this year, a boost from last year. The...
View Article9News: Airport train hits vehicle on the tracks; one dead (Video)
After reviewing video, investigators are looking at the possibility that a driver who died in a crash with RTD’s A Line train to Denver International Airport early today may have driven his van onto...
View ArticleColorado attorney general sues Boulder County over oil and gas ban
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman followed through today with her threat to sue Boulder County over its years-long ban on accepting oil and gas permit applications. Boulder County...
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