Energy and resource

Local News

How will Durango City Council candidates address the environment?

Water, wildfire mitigation, recycling among top priorities

March 20, 2021

Local News

Ignacio opens first electric vehicle charging station

ports offer full charge in 4 to 6 hours

February 18, 2021

Regional News

Biden’s pause on oil and gas development on public lands splits conservationists, industry

producers predict billions in losses for Western communities

January 25, 2021

Business

New Mexico utilities look ahead to renewable energy mandates

Utilities scrambled to meet a statewide requirement in 2020 for having 20% of retail electricity sales come from renewable energy…

January 8, 2021

Business

New Mexico utility has plan for growing electric vehicle use

Some of the recently installed electric vehicle charging stations at the Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico. State…

December 22, 2020

Business

Navajo energy company to acquire shares in coal power plant

The Four Corners Power Plant in Waterflow, N.M., near the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico. The Navajo Nation…

November 3, 2020

Local News

As Trump loosens restrictions, Democrats debate energy platform

Political candidates draw battle lines on oil and gas ahead of election

August 23, 2020

Local News

In a boon for oil and gas industry, Trump seeks to roll back rules on royalty payments

Decision will likely boost profits for mineral extractors working on public lands

August 14, 2020

Local News

City of Durango invites comments on sustainability plan

Initial survey respondents say ‘be more ambitious’

July 23, 2020

Local News

LPEA board member Jack Turner abruptly resigns, offers little explanation why

has served 7 years on board, was re-elected in spring 2019

July 20, 2020

Local News

Have you dropped off your LPEA ballot? Voters have until 4 p.m. today

renewable investment up for debate

May 15, 2020

Business

Construction starts in New Mexico on 35K acres for wind farm

The project about 10 miles west of the Village of Encino includes a mix of private and state trust land.…

May 14, 2020

Local News

LPEA could add a solar garden after Tri-State vote

2 megawatts would not be enough to reach co-op’s carbon-cutting goal

November 24, 2019

Local News

Life of King II coal mine extended by 20 years

Company says decision will preserve 100 jobs in La Plata County

October 18, 2019

Local News

Does Tri-State’s energy policy deter co-ops from battery investment?

bill aims to increase storage access for rural electric cooperatives

July 10, 2019

Business

Crude sinks as Russian flows resume, world awaits Iran sanctions

Futures slipped as much as 1.3% in New York on Monday. Russia said it solved an oil-contamination problem that halted…

May 2, 2019

Local News

La Plata Electric Association’s future in flux

of Directors members explain trajectories the nonprofit energy organization could take

March 23, 2019

Southwest Life

White Mesa Mill accepts Cherokee Nation radioactive waste

shipment upsets Ute Mountain Utes, environmentalists

December 22, 2018

Nation & World

Conservationists say U.S. energy panel stacked with industry supporters

A dump truck hauls coal at Contura Energy’s Eagle Butte Mine near Gillette, Wyo., in March 2017. A conservation group…

August 8, 2018

Local News

Utah BLM sells oil and gas leases near Hovenweep

managers fear impacts of noise, lighting and pollution

April 24, 2018

Local News

La Plata Electric candidates weigh renewables, costs

Investigating buyout from Tri-State garners broad support

April 18, 2018

Local News

Exploratory group to study La Plata Electric Association’s future

Committee likely to look at renewable energy concerns

January 19, 2018

Business

Pueblo’s economic footprint in the energy field is growing

‘We’re retaining more revenues in the local economy when renewables are employed’

January 6, 2018

Regional News

Could 2018 be the year Colorado’s green energy debate goes big?

Xcel Energy, the state’s largest utility, is reviewing plans with state regulators to move 55 percent of its electricity portfolio…

January 2, 2018