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Today, Empowering Colorado announces it is shutting down operations and bringing an end to a three-year effort to create a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to providing news coverage of energy development and its local impact.

By 2030, Colorado hopes to have nearly a million electric vehicles on the road. But to fuel them cheaply will require an ample supply of renewable energy. That’s the fundamental challenge being explored by Charging Perks, an Xcel Energy’s pilot program.

It’s hard to image the climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe getting grouchy. I’ve seen her twice in person and also in video presentations, most recently on Sept. 23 via a Zoomed […]

A discovery by a CU PhD Student may be the first step toward solving a key problem involved in harnessing and reusing energy expelled from the earth. “What I have done is prove a theory in a physical concept,” said PhD student Amina Belkadi. “Everything else is for others to do,”

To maintain some semblance of representative government, the system relies upon advocacy organizations to speak for segments of society and weigh-in on the potential impacts of policies and/or regulations. Many of these […]

Tom Vessels was eulogized last Friday afternoon at the Pavilion at Denver’s City Park. As sunshine streamed in the windows, stories were told about his thirst for adventure, his backpacking […]

We hope it’s not lost on you, dear reader, why we named our site “Empowering Colorado.”   We journalists love nothing more than a good play on words. We are an […]

Colorado fruit growers are celebrated for producing some of the most delectable peaches and cherries in the world. Grown on the Western Slope, the state’s stone fruits are known for their sweetness thanks to sunny days, cool nights and a soil full of minerals. Still, even if the days are sunny, the business can be tough.

The Martin Drake Power Plant will burn its last load of coal Friday, ending a century of coal-burning near downtown Colorado Springs. All but one of Colorado’s remaining coal plants […]

For nearly three decades, the CSU Powerhouse campus has been attempting to engineer solutions to modern energy problems. A new proposed facility may lead to even more breakthroughs.