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Colorado local officials outline safety steps after fatal house explosion...
Local officials in northern Colorado are supporting Gov. John Hickenlooper’s call for a rapid inspection of the state’s more than 50,000 oil and gas wells in the wake of a fatal home explosion in...
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Colorado lawmakers get first bill in response to fatal home explosion linked...
The first move in the Colorado Legislature in reaction to the fatal home explosion in Weld County on April 17 surfaced today, when a bill giving public access to gas pipeline maps was introduced by...
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Xcel, others propose path to smarter, leaner electric system
Xcel Energy Inc. on Monday filed a settlement proposal with state regulators that one supporter said will help the state’s biggest utility improve the electric grid and save customers energy and money....
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Australian job-management software firm hops to Colorado, helping...
An Australian cloud-based software company that aims to help small businesses streamline and grow their operations and manage jobs has set up shop in Broomfield — with its own plans to grow — and its...
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Littleton woman sentenced to 7 years in prison for oil investment scheme
Jill M. Evans, of Littleton, has been sentenced by a federal judge to spend seven years in federal prison and pay $2,094,500 in restitution in connection with an oil investment scheme. Evans, 51, was...
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Texas wind farm to be built by team from Broomfield, China
Broomfield’s Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a wind and renewable energy developer, is teaming with Goldwind Americas to build the 160-megawatt Rattlesnake Wind Project in McCulloch County, Texas....
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DIA seeks suggestions to improve airport taxi service
Denver International Airport is asking for ideas on how to better manage taxi transportation from the airport. Over the years, ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft have taken more and more...
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Opening of two new stops on RTD's Westminster train pushed back
Talks about adding two stops to the B Line rail route between Denver Union Station and Westminster are still underway, so the stations won't open by the hoped-for date of May 21, the Regional...
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U.S. Senate lets BLM methane rule to stand for now; Colorado senators split...
Colorado’s two U.S. senators split their votes today on whether to debate the fate of the Bureau of Land Management’s regulations aimed at reducing leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the...
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Feds looking into fatal Firestone home explosion linked to gas leak
Federal investigators are looking into the April 17 home explosion in Firestone, which local fire officials say was caused by a build-up of raw natural gas leaking from an old, supposedly abandoned...
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Hickenlooper: Legislature’s $1.9B for road funding is 'a good start'
A legislative compromise that will boost Colorado’s spending on transit and transportation projects by about $1.88 billion over the next several years is a good down payment, but more needs to be done,...
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Behind Xcel’s big bet on wind
Xcel Energy Inc. is planning to spend between $3.5 billion and $4.4 billion on a huge push to build a network of wind farms across Colorado and six other states. The Minneapolis-based company (NYSE:...
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Winds of change: Xcel is getting smarter and greener about energy (Video)
Over the last seven years, Colorado’s largest gas and electric utility has undergone a massive shift in its power portfolio. Xcel Energy Inc. has shut down 1,054 megawatts’ worth of coal-fired power...
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Anadarko Petroleum's top local exec is leaving Colorado
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s top executive in Colorado has been promoted and will moved from the oil and gas giant's Denver offices to Houston. Brad Holly's exit from the market is not related to last...
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Anadarko, Noble, developer and builders named in suit over fatal Firestone...
Colorado’s two biggest oil and gas companies, Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy Inc., were named in a lawsuit filed Monday seeking damages on behalf of a family living near the Firestone home...
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Anadarko says it will sever pipelines linked to fatal Firestone explosion
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. on Tuesday detailed for the first time the steps Colorado’s largest oil and gas company is taking to inspect thousands of wells in the wake of the fatal Firestone home...
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CDOT chief suggests stacking (or shifting) I-70 to end notorious bottleneck
Westbound Interstate 70 at Floyd Hill in eastern Clear Creek County is a well-known bottleneck for travelers heading into Colorado’s high country. It's a the steep, two-lane, winding strip of highway...
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Oil & gas development vs. protection: Hickenlooper faces appeal decision
Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to decide today whether to appeal a case to the Colorado Supreme Court -- a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for the state’s oil and gas industry...
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Colorado attorney general appeals oil and gas case in defiance of Hickenlooper
Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Thursday asked the Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether state officials should halt new permits for oil and gas wells until an independent third party...
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Broomfield recall vote is a sign of war over oil and gas development
In the last months of his last term as a Broomfield city councilman, Greg Stokes feels as if he’s on the front lines of a battle being waged over the future of the oil and gas industry
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