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Wednesday, August 11, 2010  The Colorado School of Mines in Golden will receive a $510,000 federal grant to help develop technologies to store carbon dioxide in geologic formations as part of efforts to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  State and local agencies have weatherized nearly 3,400 homes in Colorado, triggering full access to the state's $79.5 million in stimulus funds for the work.

Friday, May 14, 2010  The voter-approved ClimateSmart program allows Boulder County to issue bonds to finance the loans for people to make their homes more energy efficient. Homeowners would then pay the loan as an assessment on their properties.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010  Gov. Bill Ritter says one of the most effective ways to save energy is to make existing buildings more efficient.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009  The Department of Energy's Berkeley Lawrence National Laboratory analyzed nearly 7,500 single-family homes sales between 1996 and 1997 near 24 wind farms in nine states. The findings released Wednesday conclude there wasn't a widespread impact on property values within a five-mile radius of wind power projects.

Thursday, July 30, 2009  The Office of Gov. Bill Ritter has made public the letter which he sent to U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu opposing the storage of mercury waste near Grand Junction.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009  Mercury is used in gold mining, manufacturing chlorine and caustic soda. It's reclaimed from recycling and waste recovery operations, and is also used in electronic equipment.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009  The gas was deemed too radioactive to sell, but an energy company now wants to drill within three miles of the site.