Archive for January, 2010

DENVER—  Thursday and Friday, January 14 and 15,  State Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass) will meet with her constituents in Chaffee County.
Thursday:
Thursday evening, Senator Schwartz will attend a meeting to discuss geothermal development in the county.   The Bureau of Land Management and Department of Natural Resources (BLM-DNR) public meeting on geothermal issues is scheduled… »

January 14, 2010

7:30 p.m.  Introductions
7:40 p.m.  Overview of Geothermal Resources in Colorado and Geothermal Technologies Matt Sares, Colorado Geological Survey
8:00 p.m.  Geothermal Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Leasing of Geothermal Resources on Public Lands    Kermit Witherbee, BLM
8:20 p.m.          State Agency Roles and Responsibilities and Geothermal Permitting        Kevin Rein, Colorado Division of Water Resources
8:40… »

The Sierra Club has created a unique and important program called “Cool Cities”. The program goal is to sign up every city and county in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When a City Council, Mayor or County Commissioners sign onto Cool Cities, they are signing onto the Mayor’s Climate Action Plan, which means the city/county pledges to… »

Sangre De Cristo Electric has selected one high school junior to represent SDCEA at the 2010 Youth Tour held June 11-17 in Washington, D.C. Hayley Thompson from Salida High School was selected based on the essay and application she submitted. She will join students from around the state in Denver for a day to get… »

Sangre De Cristo Electric Association is reporting that 6,109 consumers from Centerville to Lake County, including Buena Vista, were affected by a New Year’s Eve power outage. At about 9:50 pm an apparent microburst blew down two transmission towers owned by Xcel Energy that deliver power to Sangre De Cristo Electric’s substations. Xcel Energy sectionalized… »

NEW LAW GO INTO EFFECT JAN. 1
DENVER—    It’s a new year, and a number of new laws spearheaded by Democratic legislators and signed by Gov. Ritter go into effect on Jan. 1, 2010.  One of them is an important piece of legislation from Senator Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass).
On January 1, 2010 HB 1119 Rural Substance… »

By James Franklin
With 2010 now upon us, I find myself waxing nostalgic, neither in a positive manner nor with a very optimistic outlook I’m afraid.  No dear reader, I find myself looking back through our recent history with an air of pessimism.  I just can’t seem to get past the fact that we have been… »