Tim Tebow: Top five franchising opportunities

No question about it, the ascension of Tim Tebow has established a unique style of football in Denver. The Broncos have managed to distill all the heart-pounding excitement and nail-biting competitiveness of NFL action and compress it into the final couple of minutes (and sometimes the final couple of seconds)…

Fracking: Polluted water in Wyoming could spell trouble in Colorado

The release of an EPA report detailing suspected groundwater contamination from gas drilling operations in Wyoming comes just as Colorado is weighing tougher restrictions and wider disclosures about the hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” process — and may serve as Exhibit A for environmental groups opposing the practice. All of which…

Fracking: Congress needs to drill into the issue, says Diana DeGette

As reported in this space on Friday, a new study from Common Cause tracks how oil and gas interests spent $747 million on lobbying and campaign donations since 2001 to win congressional support for “fracking,” hydraulic fracturing drilling methods that involve using toxic chemicals. Which may be why the House…

Fracking: Gas industry pours $747 million into lobbying and Congress

As the oil and gas industry has turned increasingly to hydraulic fracturing to extract reserves, fears about groundwater contamination from the toxic chemicals used in “fracking” have intensified. And that’s prompted a $747 million spending spree by major industry players in an effort to allay those fears and influence key…

Ken Salazar hawking solar “sweet spots” for an energy boost

Yesterday, after three years, more than 80,000 public comments, and countless hours reviewing ponderous economic and environmental issues — in other words, pretty speedy for government work — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar unveiled the Obama administration’s slimmed-down plan touting “solar energy zones” spanning seventeen sites in six western…

Denver Water unanimously approves 5.5 percent rate hike

While (appropriately) pouring over glasses of ice water at their meeting this morning, the members of the Denver Water Board voted unanimously to support a 5.5 percent hike in the city’s water rates. After four months of public discussion, the decision comes as a direct result of analysis indicating the…