Innovation, News (Reimagining the Future) & Opinions
Inspiring Videos
Entertaining Education About Utilities? Yes, Thank You John Oliver!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver discusses the problem with privately-owned monopoly utilities.
John Farrell of the Institute for Local Self Reliance follows up on Oliver’s report about what can be done to hold utilities accountable.
Big Oil Suffers Setbacks, Forced To Deal With Climate Change — Rachel Maddow Show
100% Renewable: Pathways to Our Clean Energy Future
presented by Sustainable Resilient Longmont and the Colorado Sierra Club
Rethinking Energy — Tony Seba
Community Power Opportunity for Rural Residents, John Farrell
Boulder Landmark Meets LEED Platinum
Courtesy of Bob Carmichael
Four Actions with Impact: Natural Gas Replacement
Courtesy of David & Emily Takahashi
Industry News
Hydrogen Blues (and Greens and Grays)
Hydrogen Blues (and Greens and Grays) High Country News, July 1, 2022 Jonathan Thompson Link to the original article Is this
Xcel Agrees To Nearly $1 Million EPA Fine Over Coal Ash Storage At Problem-Plagued Comanche Power Plant
Boulder County endorses EPA petition to ban greenhouse gas emissions Read the article and watch the video here (CBS4) — The Environmental
Boulder County, City of Boulder, and City and County of Broomfield express disappointment in Supreme Court’s EPA ruling
Boulder County endorses EPA petition to ban greenhouse gas emissions West Virginia v. EPA decision hampers Colorado’s climate progress July
Boulder County endorses EPA petition to ban greenhouse gas emissions
Boulder County endorses EPA petition to ban greenhouse gas emissions Petitioners demand phase out of emissions and restoration of atmosphere
Opinions/Letters
Opinion: Steve Pomerance: PUC: It’s time to fish or cut bait
Opinion: Steve Pomerance: PUC: It’s time to fish or cut bait Published in The Boulder Daily Camera, June 10, 2022 Link
Opinion: 12 years is too long to let the Comanche 3 coal-fired electricity plant keep running
Opinion: 12 years is too long to let the Comanche 3 coal-fired electricity plant keep running State regulators have an
Chris Hoffman: Accelerate transition to clean energy, not oil and gas production
Accelerate transition to clean energy, not oil and gas production “Generals are always prepared to fight the last war.” It
David Takahashi: Shutter this underachieving, polluting coal-fired plant now
David Takahashi: Shutter this underachieving, polluting coal-fired plant now Boulder Daily Camera, Guest Commentary, April 3, 2022, by David Takahashi