renewable energy
Where Do Wind Turbines Go To Die?
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Wind power is growing rapidly across the U.S. But the country’s oldest wind farms are reaching retirement age. So what happens when a wind farm dies?
1970s oil crisis
Spark! Unpacking The Politics Of Energy In Colorado
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On Thursday night, Inside Energy gathered some great minds at the Colorado School of Mines for a discussion on energy and politics. A part of our ongoing Spark! series, we learned a lot that evening about Colorado’s past entanglements with energy and policy, and how the experts felt about current energy policies.
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IE Questions: Is A Petroleum Engineering Degree A Good Idea?
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There’s a question that we get a lot: “Is a petroleum engineering degree a good idea?” Between fluctuating oil prices and a national push toward renewable energy, what’s a potential petroleum engineering major to do?
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Why Everyone In Colorado Is Fighting Over Your Signature
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In Colorado, the race is on to gather enough signatures to get two controversial oil and gas related initiatives onto the ballot by the August 8th deadline. Contributions to groups both for and against these measures have skyrocketed over the past few weeks. Campaigns on the ground are heating up.
Nikola Tesla
IE Questions: Why don’t we have wireless electricity?
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Why don’t we have wireless electricity? To find out, we went back a hundred years to a man named Nikola Tesla and his dream to send electricity around the world without wires.
renewable energy
Wineries Soak Up The Sun With More Solar Power
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Wineries in New York are jumping on the solar bandwagon. For some vintners, it’s an ethical decision.
Coal Watch
Coal Troubles Hit Railroad Workers
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Coal production is at a 30-year low. Layoffs are moving beyond coal mines to the railroads that transport coal, hitting conductors like Adam Fotta in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Coal Watch
Who Pays For Clean Up When Coal Goes Bankrupt?
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Peabody Coal, Arch Coal and Alpha Natural Resources all declared bankruptcy in the last year. When coal companies go broke, who pays to clean up the mines? Inside Energy’s Leigh Paterson explains.
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Road Tripping Along North Dakota’s Oil Bust Alley
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A road trip down Highway 22 in Dickinson, North Dakota, reveals who is hurting — and benefitting — from the oil bust.
