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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 […]

A new nonprofit organization will advocate for the responsible development of oil shale in the United States.
Headquartered in Glendale Springs, the National Oil Shale Association says its mission is to educate the public about the alternative oil source.
The organization believes oil shale production – extracting oil from rocks in places like […]

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 […]

In this month’s Reed Construction Data report about the Rocky Mountain region, comes news that Colorado Springs Utilities is ready to appeal a November water line ruling of Pueblo District Court Judge Dennis Maes to the Colorado Court of Appeals.
CSU plans to build a $1 billion pipeline to […]

More CEOs apparently held on to their jobs last year than in 2006 – despite the subprime lending fallout.
Chief executive departures fell 8.3 percent from 2006’s record levels, say analysts from Challenger Gray & Christmas.
Last year, 1,356 chief executives were relieved of their duties, down from nearly 1,478 during 2006.
Of the exits, 134 came from […]

China has boosted its steel output during the last three years through energy subsidies, said the Alliance for American Manufacturing.
Total Chinese energy subsidies for steel reached $27.1 billion during the last seven years. Despite the country’s entry into the World Trade Organization – which deems subsidies on steel illegal – the subsides continued to grow, […]

The Pikes Peak region has seen an infusion of close to $1 billion in new commercial real estate investment during the past five years, but industry experts are predicting transaction volume and prices may level out during 2008.
Prices during October increased 1.6 percent from September, according to the Moody’s/Real Commercial Property […]

If it seems to you that more and more people are moving to Colorado every year, you’re right.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported yesterday that that state’s population grew by 2 percent, or 95,267 people, between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007.
That puts the state’s population at 4.8 million and ranks it as the 22nd […]

Fort Carson will host the 6th Annual Community Sustainability Conference and Expo from noon to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 and from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 2886 S. Circle Drive.
This year’s theme is “Securing the Future – A Sustainability Strategy.”
The conference is an educational forum intended to provide […]