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U.S. Department of Energy

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Abound Solar to become GOP talking point in wake of layoffs, unreported shutdown?

    Update below: It's Super Tuesday, with voters in ten states choosing among Mitt Romney, Rick Santorium, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul for a Republican presidential candidate. And whoever wins the nomination is apt to use controversial Department of Energy loans to alternative energy companies as a talk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Are you smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student?

    Why do photovoltaic cells have p-type and n-type layers? * What causes stars to twinkle?* If you know the answers to these questions, you might qualify for the winning team of the Colorado Science Bowl. You might even be smarter than a Cherry Creek High school student!

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Rocky Flats to open as Thanksgivingland theme park: Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario

    From the Kenny Be vault. Originally published on November 18, 2004. Thanksgivingland: Extreme Thanksgiving fun for the pilgrim in everyone.​ The U.S. Department of Energy's refusal to provide funds for a Cold War museum at Rocky Flats is a true blessing. What is needed at the site is a tourist ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Poo Power at the Denver Zoo

    From the Kenny Be vault. Originally published on November 18, 2004. Thanksgivingland: Extreme Thanksgiving fun for the pilgrim in everyone.​ The U.S. Department of Energy's refusal to provide funds for a Cold War museum at Rocky Flats is a true blessing. What is needed at the site is a tourist ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    The Prius can take owners on a wild ride

    From the Kenny Be vault. Originally published on November 18, 2004. Thanksgivingland: Extreme Thanksgiving fun for the pilgrim in everyone.​ The U.S. Department of Energy's refusal to provide funds for a Cold War museum at Rocky Flats is a true blessing. What is needed at the site is a tourist ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    Undead Sexy

    Mario Acevedo's third Felix Gomez novel hits shelves.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    CU's Solar Team Win Looks Unlikely

    Mario Acevedo's third Felix Gomez novel hits shelves.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2007

    CU's Solar Team Takes Another Hit, But Keeps on Trucking

    Mario Acevedo's third Felix Gomez novel hits shelves.

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2007

    CU's Solar Team Down But Not Out

    Mario Acevedo's third Felix Gomez novel hits shelves.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2007

    Energy Crisis: Day One

    Mario Acevedo's third Felix Gomez novel hits shelves.

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Carbon Loading

    Xcel’s solution to rising energy prices includes a lot of coal. Is that a bad thing?

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Fuel for Love

    The order is in: Buy bio.

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    File Not Found

    Do you know what's in your luggage?

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    True Lies

    The FBI agent who raided Rocky Flats finally sounds off.

  • News

    March 11, 2004

    Toxic Shocker!

    The government ambushed the Rocky Flats grand jury. Now its foreman is gunning for justice.

  • Music

    November 14, 2002

    That's the Spirit

    The Honky Tonk Hangovers make country music that will go to your head.

  • News

    November 15, 2001

    Hot Target

    The Rocky Flats Web site is dark -- but terrorists may already have a blueprint for the former nukes plant.

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    This Is a Job for Superfund!

    Colorado's legacy of contamination spreads far and wide.

  • News

    April 19, 2001

    A Matter of Trust

    Who paid what to clean up Lowry Landfill? That's confidential.

  • News

    December 28, 2000

    Strange but True

    From the penthouse to the outhouse, the highs and lows of 2000.

  • News

    September 28, 2000

    Chain Reaction

    The Cold War has ended, but the fight over where to put a Rocky Flats museum has just begun.

  • News

    August 10, 2000

    Forbidden Fruit

    Arvada wants to bite off a chunk of Rocky Flats.

  • News

    July 27, 2000

    This Place Is a Dump!

    Rocky Flats was designed to produce plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs. But what it really produced was waste -- lots of hazardous waste.

  • News

    March 19, 1998

    Grand Illusions

    Rocky Flats was designed to produce plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs. But what it really produced was waste -- lots of hazardous waste.

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Of Mice and Men

    What the battle to save an obscure rodent says about the cost of front range growth.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    A Dry Hole

    John Gable drilled for oil and suckers--including the federal government.

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    While You Were Away

    John Gable drilled for oil and suckers--including the federal government.

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    A Booming Field

    A Grand Junction couple churns out big-bang theories about fireworks.

  • News

    July 11, 1996

    Independents Day

    A Grand Junction couple churns out big-bang theories about fireworks.

  • News

    June 14, 1995

    HOT PROPERTY

    WITH DEVELOPERS RUSHING IN, ROCKY FLATS ISN'T GROUND ZERO ANYMORE.

  • News

    May 17, 1995

    DON'T TOUCH THAT DIALOGUE

    THE LITTLE-KNOWN CCEM DOESN'T CLEAN UP POLLUTION. BUT WITH $7.6 MILLION IN TAX MONEY TO PLAY WITH, IT SURE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.

  • News

    January 4, 1995

    THIS IS ONLY A TEST

    THE GOVERNMENT HAS A LESSON FOR GRADE-SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS: THERE'S NOTHING TO FEAR FROM ROCKY FLATS.

  • News

    January 5, 1994

    Up And Atom!

    Our Rocky Flats contest did a booming business.

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