CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Calvin Hennick, MIT Energy Initiative In 1987 in a village in Mali, workers were digging a water well when they felt a rush of air. One of the workers was smoking a cigarette, and the air caught fire, burning a clear blue flame. The well was capped at the time, but in 2012, it was tapped to provide energy for the village, powering a generator for nine years. The fuel source: ge  more

BOULDER, Colorado, May 24 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Governor Jared Polis signed two pieces of legislation that revitalize Colorado's community solar program, set new standards for equitable clean energy policy, and modernize Colorado's energy distribution systems. SB24-207, sponsored by Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Senator Chris Hansen, D-Denver, as well as Representatives Alex Valdez, D-Denver, and Matt Soper, R  more

BOULDER, Colorado, May 24 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Today, Governor Jared Polis signed two pieces of legislation that revitalize Colorado's community solar program, set new standards for equitable clean energy policy, and modernize Colorado's energy distribution systems. SB24-207, sponsored by Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, and Senator Chris Hansen, D-Denver, as well as Representatives Alex Valdez, D-Denver, and Matt Soper,   more

DENVER, Colorado, May 24 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Legislation sponsored by Senate President Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, that bolsters the rights of mineral owners, especially local governments, by putting protections around "forced pooling" orders was signed into law today. Forced pooling is the "mandatory consolidation of leased and unleased minerals to access one common underground mineral reserve." SB24-185 ensures publicly-owned mine  more