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Incentives help businesses move to electric fleets
The broad-based Colorado Electric Vehicle Coalition is looking for to help move the needle on ambitious new EV advancement campaigns. In April, the City of Denver and the Colorado Energy Office both released comprehensive EV plans.
The Clinic releases first cannabis line using recycled CO2 from Denver Beer Co
The pilot program demonstrated a cost-efficient CO2 exchange for breweries and marijuana businesses to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions and make better products for their communities.
Colorado College’s carbon neutrality is a first for the region
In January, the private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs achieved carbon neutrality in its operations. The campus has reached zero net emissions in greenhouse gases in all operations for which they own or control.
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Why companies are converting their forklift fleets to electric
As a supplier of both internal combustion and electric powered lifting equipment, FMH often receives questions about which powered lift equipment is the best to utilize in various applications. Here’s what they have to say.
Clean energy when the sun goes down and the wind isn’t blowing
Atlanta-based Emrgy recently opened a sales office in Boulder and hopes for much more work in Western states and provinces. Using satellite technology, Emrgy has mapped and evaluated 15,000 miles of irrigation canals in 10 states, starting in California and moving east.
Xcel gives new life to historic, clean energy water plant
As part of its commitment to carbon-free electricity by 2050, Xcel Energy is modernizing Cabin Creek, a historic high-altitude, clean-energy water plant near Georgetown. The utility currently sources 27% of its electricity from renewable sources.
An overabundance of plastic, and irony
As the world becomes more aware of plastic, and the harm plastic is doing to the world, has grown exponentially. However, eliminating plastic entirely would require a complete lifestyle change for most consumers.
Demand for solar energy soars in Colorado
With the clean energy industry projected to expand by between 9% and 10% this year, Colorado generates enough solar energy to power 258,000 homes
Why This Year's Denver Startup Week Was More Sustainable
Sustainability in future years will require better aligning the needs of the planet and dismantling the historical business model that dominates the marketplace.
A New Neighborhood for Social Impact Businesses
Syntrinsic Investment Counsel (whose mission is helping people use capital to solve social challenges) is among a number of social impact focused businesses that have moved to the Cole, Clayton and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods.
State's Largest Wind Farm a New Cash Crop For Farmers
The Great Plains have been hollowing out for the better part of a century, but renewable energy represents a small economic reprieve for rural Colorado.
Clean Energy Powers Colorado's Economy
Colorado declared it would not go along with a weakening of our national commitment to clean air and fuel efficiency or the erosion of a longstanding state prerogative to reach higher.
