Colorado & New Mexico Announce Wildlife Corridor Initiative

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter today joined New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in announcing a new initiative to identify and protect key wildlife travel and migration corridors between the two states.
The two governors have finalized a Memorandum of Understanding pledging to work collaboratively to protect key habitat connectivity, travel and migration corridors used by elk, deer, pronghorn antelope, [...]

Gov. Ritter Congratulates Colorado Biofuels Companies for $48M in Recovery Act Awards

Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated two Colorado biofuels companies today for receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act awards from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling $48 million for projects related to developing production facilities for next generation biofuels.  In addition to today’s awards, Colorado will receive more than $500 million in Recovery Act energy grants.
Clearfuels Technology [...]

Nominations are open for the 2010 Richard C. Bartlett Environmental Education Award

The Richard C. Bartlett Award is presented annually by the National Environmental Education Foundation to an outstanding teacher who has successfully integrated environmental education into his or her daily curriculum.

GOV. RITTER PRAISES CANYONS OF ANCIENTS LAND PURCHASE

Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter today praised the federal government’s decision to purchase thousands of acres from willing sellers in Colorado, Montana and Nevada, including nearly 4,600 acres within the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.
“On behalf of the people of Colorado — and the millions of people who visit our great state every year — [...]

COLORADO INTERNATION TRADE OFFICE RECIEVES FEDERAL GRANT TO PROMOTE CLEAN-TECH EXPORTS IN CHINA AND MEXICO

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced today that the Colorado International Trade Office (ITO), a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT), is one of five recipients of the Market Development Cooperators Program (MDCP) for 2009. The ITO will receive $363,135 in matching funds over the next three years to support Colorado company exports of clean and environment-related products and services to China and Mexico.

GOV. RITTER CONGRATULATES COLORADO RECIPIENTS FOR $18M IN RECOVERY ACT GEOTHERMAL GRANTS

Gov. Bill Ritter today congratulated four Colorado companies, three state institutions and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for securing $18 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal exploration, research and demonstration projects.

GOV. RITTER CONGRATULATES WINNING ENTREPRENEURS AT 2009 CLEANTECH OPEN

Gov. Bill Ritter today congratulated four winning teams in the 2009 Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open in Denver, an event designed to find promising early-stage start-up companies that address today’s most urgent energy and environmental challenges.

GOVERNOR’S ENERGY OFFICE AND CU LAW SCHOOL LAUNCH ONLINE RENEWABLE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCE

The University of Colorado Law School’s Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) in partnership with the Governor’s Energy Office has launched the new Colorado Energy Profile (CEP), on-line at www.energyincolorado.org.

Companies to Receive Colorado Environmental Leadership Awards

Gov. Bill Ritter will recognize more than 80 companies for their outstanding environmental achievements that help keep Colorado a popular place for people to work and to live.

U.S. Department of Energy Celebrates New DOE 1.5 Research Wind Turbine

Boulder, Colorado – Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today joined industry representatives and managers from DOE’s National Laboratories to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department’s wind energy research: a state-of-the-art wind turbine installed at DOE’s National Wind Technology Center (NWTC), at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, near Boulder. The turbine, [...]

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