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Last week, La Plata Electric Association inched closer to gaining the basic information it has long desired to evaluate whether it makes sense to stay with Tri-State Generation and Transmission as...
DATE: July 17, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Our region took a major step toward a cleaner energy future recently when New Mexico regulators gave Public Service Co. of New Mexico approval to retire the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station...
DATE: June 21, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
While much of the country grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, it’s full speed ahead at the Department of Interior approving oil and gas development projects. One of the most contentious is a...
DATE: May 16, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
One of the noticeable, and remarkable, changes in recent years has been the dramatic improvement in visibility and air pollution in the Four Corners. Longer-term residents routinely comment on the...
DATE: April 19, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
The transformation in Colorado’s energy landscape over the past year is nothing short of breathtaking. A good part of that transformation owes to the leadership of La Plata Electric Association....
DATE: March 23, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management finalized plans to open millions of acres of southern Utah to energy development, oil and gas drilling, coal mining and a variety of other extraction...
DATE: Feb. 12, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Conservationists pursue protective designations like wilderness or wild and scenic rivers to help ensure the undeveloped character of cherished places is guaranteed into the future. It’s a bulwark...
DATE: Jan. 17, 2020 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
Land exchanges are back in the news with a recently unveiled exchange proposed at the base of Wolf Creek Pass. A private ranch wants to acquire adjacent national forest roadless lands and river...
DATE: Dec. 20, 2019 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
In 2014, our region gained notoriety as the nation’s methane hot spot. Researchers at NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noticed via satellite measurements a plume of...
DATE: Nov. 17, 2019 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
This week marks the 10th anniversary of long-simmering efforts to obtain added wilderness protections for the high ranges of the San Juan Mountains. Back in 2009, then Rep. John Salazar first...
DATE: Oct. 20, 2019 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
The summer brought a whirlwind of change to America’s bedrock environmental laws, or at least the rules that implement those laws. The Trump administration has made no secret of its disdain for...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2019 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
As Colorado fills up with people and our forests evolve in response to a changing climate, what happens to our renowned wildlife? Can we make space for migrating game herds and dispersing species?...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2019 | COLUMN: Thinking Green
