The Governor’s Energy Office is seeking grant applicants for $350,000 in incentives for solar innovation projects.
The “Solar Innovation Grant” funds are being made available through the Clean Energy Fund.
The Solar Innovation Grant will be used to support programs that can overcome financial, educational and technical barriers and lead to […]
Sen. Ken Salazar’s cellulosic biofuels production tax credit has been included in the 2008 Farm Bill.
The $1.01 per gallon tax credit is good through 2012 for biofuels produced from renewable cellulosic feedstock – not food grain or food starch.
“Cellulosic biofuels are an innovative and sound alternative to food grain and starch-based […]
Hey, it’s Earth Day, and regardless of whether you support or scoff at the idea of global warming, the day seems to be a pretty big deal to a lot of people.
The Earth Day Network estimates that: 500 million people from 4,500 organizations in 180 countries will participate in Earth Day […]
AAA Travel will hold the annual Great Battery Roundup on April 19 to collect used car batteries for proper disposal and recycling.
This year, batteries can be taken to Auto Towing at 50 Cascade Court during normal business hours.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more than 100 million automotive lead-acid batteries […]
Households and businesses are being asked to turn out the lights tomorrow between 8 and 9 p.m. for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is an international energy saving event that asks that lights and non-essential electrical appliances be turned off.
The event is sponsored by Imagination Celebration in Colorado Springs.
The first Earth Hour was […]
Colorado’s forests might be getting a little safer.
An Allstate Insurance program will help repopulate Colorado pine forests that are stricken by mountain pine beetle infestations.
The Green pilot program offers insurance customers paperless bill paying and allows them to donate money to environmental causes. For each person that signs up for the […]
Investors view the environment as a major long-term investing opportunity, said a survey of investors released by Allianz Global Investors.
Of the 1,003 investors surveyed, nearly half (49 percent) said that during the next 12 months they were likely to invest in a company or mutual fund looking to provide solutions for […]
The Governor’s Energy Office has selected 12 matching grant award recipients for the 2008 Colorado Energy Star New Homes program.
Colorado Springs Utilities, representing the City of Colorado Springs, was one of the winners.
The program encourages city and county officials to work with residential builders to help them earn the U.S. […]
The Governor’s Energy Office has awarded $350,000 in grants to eight organizations for “New Energy Economic Development,” or NEED, efforts.
NEED grants must be used to develop emerging technologies that could attract additional investment to Colorado’s growing energy-efficiency and renewable-energy industries.
Tom Plant, director of the energy office, said the grant program […]
Government Fleet magazine has ranked the City of Colorado Springs as the top municipal BioDiesel Fleet in the nation.
The city also was No. 17 in the overall Public Sector Alternative-Fueled Fleet rankings.
Since 2003, more than 2,400 city vehicles or equipment have run on biodiesel. To date, Colorado Springs has […]