Renewable energy – The Durango Herald

Montezuma County looks to life after Kinder Morgan

What to do when carbon dioxide runs out?

DATE: Feb 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Buyer beware: Solar power may be missing key ingredient

MONTPELIER, Vt. – Want to cut reliance on your fossil-fuel-burning utility, but don’t have space for solar panels? Easy, the sales pitch goes, buy a share in the new “community solar array” ...

DATE: Jan 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

New stock show campus aims to be energy smart

Golden lab to help National Western Stock Show create efficient campus

DATE: Dec 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation on track for first utility-scale solar plant

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A Navajo community south of Monument Valley will be home to the tribe’s first utility-scale solar plant capable of powering 7,700 homes on average. The $64 mill...

DATE: Dec 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Four Corners School of Outdoor Education shows off new discovery center

MONTICELLO, Utah – Sitting at the crossroads of the vast Colorado Plateau, this quaint town of 2,000 is surrounded by national parks, mountains, rivers and red rock canyons that define the r...

DATE: Dec 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Draft climate agreement ready in Paris

More work to be done at midway point of international meeting

DATE: Dec 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Policy adviser at Colorado State University: Clean Power Plan will hit coal industry the hardest

Required reduction in carbon emissions will discourage future plants

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Heading toward net zero

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mountain Middle School to use solar power

Mountain Middle School is planning to go solar in November, moving toward becoming Durango’s first net-zero school. Net zero means a facility produces as much energy as it uses. T...

DATE: Oct 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Big electricity is looking at your roof

Utilities don’t want to get squeezed out of residential solar market

DATE: Sep 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Solar puts county in good place

DENVER – A La Plata County energy official says the county is well-positioned to meet new carbon-pollution standards, thanks in part to renewable energy like solar. Michael Rendon...

DATE: Sep 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Environmental groups defend EPA plan for cleaner power

DENVER – Environmental groups are doubling down after Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced the state will join a lawsuit to block the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News