Author: Scott Weiser scott.weiser@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Polis administration awards $12.4 million for geothermal projects in Colorado
The Polis administration is awarding another $12.4 million in state energy tax credits and cash to advance geothermal energy development in Colorado, supporting seven new projects for building heating and cooling systems as well as electricity generation. The funding, announced by the Colorado Energy Office in a news release, brings the state’s total investment through…
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Polis administration awards $12.4 million for geothermal projects in Colorado
The Polis administration is awarding another $12.4 million in state energy tax credits and cash to advance geothermal energy development in Colorado, supporting seven new projects for building heating and cooling systems as well as electricity generation. The funding, announced by the Colorado Energy Office in a news release, brings the state’s total investment through…
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Polis administration awards $12.4 million for geothermal projects across Colorado
The Polis administration is awarding another $12.4 million in state energy tax credits and cash to advance geothermal energy development in Colorado, supporting seven new projects for building heating and cooling systems as well as electricity generation. The funding, announced by the Colorado Energy Office in a news release, brings the state’s total investment through…
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Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary fee to fund wildlife crossings
The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce the growing number of dangerous collisions between cars and animals on state highways. In 2024 alone, more than 3,500 such incidents occurred on Colorado roads. The bill titled SB26-141, sponsored…
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Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary fee to fund wildlife crossings
The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce the growing number of dangerous collisions between cars and animals on state highways. In 2024 alone, more than 3,500 such incidents occurred on Colorado roads. The bill titled SB26-141, sponsored…
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Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings
The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce the growing number of dangerous collisions between cars and animals on state highways. In 2024 alone, more than 3,500 such incidents occurred on Colorado roads. The bill titled SB26-141, sponsored…
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Winning name for future Front Range passenger rail train announced
Coloradans picked “Colorado Connector,” or “CoCo,” as the name for the future Front Range passenger rail train that is planned to link communities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Plans call for the service to start in 2029, though deals with the communities with planned stops have not all been finalized. While there is currently no…
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Winning name for future Front Range passenger rail train announced
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Coloradans picked “Colorado Connector,” or “CoCo,” as the name for the future Front Range passenger rail train that is planned to link communities from Fort Collins to Pueblo. Plans call for the service to start in 2029, though deals with the communities with planned stops have not all been finalized. The Front Range Passenger Rail…
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Power shutoffs in Colorado bring protection, and problems, during fire risk
A downed power line in Sunshine Canyon in the mountains west of Boulder in December posed an electrocution risk to firefighters and bystanders after Xcel Energy re-energized it without repairing it, despite being notified of the break the day before. Then, local officials added, it posed a wildfire risk by starting a small grass fire.…
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Hands-free law credited with preventing 600 crashes and 6 deaths in Colorado
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New data shows Colorado’s hands-free law is curbing distracted driving on the state’s highways and has helped prevent nearly 600 crashes, more than 400 injuries and six fatalities statewide. A one-year analysis by Cambridge Mobile Telematics found that distracted driving declined 4.7% from 2024 to 2025 and dropped 8.3% in the first month after the…