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Renewable energy falling in price and becoming more readily available
As Colorado generates a third of its energy from renewables, forecasts are that much higher percentages could come soon at relatively low cost.
Colorado water: agriculture, people and ecosystems compete for a limited supply
According to speakers at a water forum last week, Colorado faces a difficult–if not a dismal–water future.
Pro-business in a dismal economy helps, but Hickenlooper faces budget-slashing nightmare
For somebody often awkward in his public speeches, prone to stutter-stepping his way through sentences, Governor-elect John Hickenlooper has superb skills as a salesman. Maybe it goes back to his days as a barkeep in Denver’s LoDo, bantering for a moment before moving onto the next table. Now he’ll be using those same skills as a street-savvy, business-friendly Democrat who will also become the most public face as state government faces the need to quickly cut $1.1 billion from the state budget.
