“Xcel Energy set a record for wind energy this month thanks to 229 turbines spinning at the utility’s newest wind farm, a $743 million eastern Colorado project completed last month. The 500-megawatt Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project, built on 100,000 acres in Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties over the past year, joined other wind farms … [Read more…]
“Look north from a crest of the Logan County landfill and the wind turbines on the horizon appear like tiny pinwheels slicing bitter February gusts into a renewable and ever-larger share of Colorado’s electric power. Now gaze downward, into the chasm gradually filling with a combination of loose dirt, garbage and plastic bags — … [Read more…]
“Our progressive governor is from Boulder. So is our progressive attorney general, secretary of state, speaker of the house, and senate majority leader. Is it any wonder why our state is turning into Boulder? I lived in Boulder since before it was elitist. I learned the hard way what “Boulder values” now mean. It’s … [Read more…]