CSBJ Daily

This year Old Colorado City will replace incandescent holiday lights with LED lights like the ones pictured here. Christmas lights photo courtesy of HolidayLEDS.com
Old Colorado City has traded in its old incandescent holiday lights for new LED lights.
The new bulbs are more efficient and offer a different kind of glow.
Planners of the annual “It’s Chistmas […]

Gov. Bill Ritter catapulted the state into the greenhouse gas policing arena with the launch of the stat’s Climate Action Plan yesterday.
Calling climate change the nation’s greatest environmental challenge, Ritter outlined details of the plan at Coors Field in Denver.
The plan calls for two greenhouse-gas reduction goals: 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and […]

Xcel Energy Inc. will delay the construction of a Colorado state-of-the-art power plant that uses environmentally-friendly coal converted to gas technology to generate power.
Xcel is the state’s largest utility provider, delivering electricity and natural gas to more than two-thirds of Colorado’s residents.
Construction of a new “integrated gasification combined cycle,” power plant was anticipated to […]

Gas prices increased by about 5 cents during the past two weeks, to an average of $2.80 per gallon of self-serve regular, according to the Lundberg Survey released this week.
The increase brings gas prices up 60 cents compared to prices at this time last year, but 38 cents below the all-time peak of $3.18 […]

A host of companies are partnering to engineer, install and finance a two-megawatt, ground-mounted solar photovoltaic system at Fort Carson Army Base.
When completed, the PV project will cover nearly 12 acres, making it the largest solar array at a U.S. Army facility and one of the largest in Colorado, according to the companies.
The ground-mounted solar […]

A Fort Collins company has launched a networking Web site for environmentally conscious businesses and philanthropic givers.
The GenGreen Network lists state- and city-specific contact information for businesses that operate under a green philosophy.
The site will include a calendar of events, green job postings, a blog and a needs-and-offerings section.
The GenGreen Network was started last month […]

Check out this [non-exhaustive] Roundup of Environmental Blogs. There some in there about easy/lazy susatainability and even some skeptical blogs [which should keep my editor happy]. And hopefully it will also keep Dave Gardner happy.

The City of Colorado Springs has opened its first Ethanol 85 fuel pump.
The pump will provide fuel for 93 city and utilities flex-fuel vehicles, which can run on unleaded gasoline or a gasoline and ethanol combination.
Since corn is the primary material for ethanol, E85 is expected to reduce dependency on petroleum and emit fewer carbon […]

Despite reports that global oil production will peak within the next two decades, some industry insiders believe prices will not drop – and that oil will become more expensive.
An April report predicts that global oil production will peak in 11 years, but other industry insiders are calling it “the end of cheap oil.”
“To date, petroleum […]

Energy Outreach Colorado plans to distribute $9.36 million statewide through its 2007-08 programs to help households afford home energy.
The money which Energy Outreach raises through thousands of donations from individuals, foundations, corporations and government sources, includes:

$5.4 million for energy assistance payments contributed to a statewide network of 100 assistance agencies that operate year round.
$2.15 million […]