A clip of Carper's wind power idea

Hicklenlooper Blogs: Colorado is recognized as a leader in wind, solar and geothermal energy, and for what former Gov. Bill Ritter called the "new energy economy." Colorado is also home to abundant supplies of natural gas and low-sulfur coal.

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon each were presented Wednesday evening with the Utah Solar Energy Association’s 2012 Solar Energy Champion award.

A Democratic senator urged President Barack Obama not to renominate the top U.S. commodities regulator unless he quickly implements trading curbs intended to dampen speculation and reduce fuel costs for Americans.

Fox News reports that "the fact is, for the good of our country and our economy, rejecting the Keystone XL deal was the best decision possible."

Solyndra’s failure was actually caused by technological success: the price of solar panels is dropping fast, and Solyndra couldn’t keep up with the competition.

As the budget standoff between the Republican controlled House of Representatives and the Democrats reaches a fever pitch, much of the media attention — and frustration — has been focused on reaching a solution to avert a government shutdown. But, under the radar, newly-elected Republicans across the country are proposing disastrous environmental legislation to achieve radical-right aims, such as opening state parks for fracking and exposing their citizens to industrial waste.

It has been a long wait for “peak oilers,” whose passionate belief is that the world will run out of oil in coming years, sending prices through the roof.

At a July 26 rally in Centennial, Republican candidate and Tea Party favorite for governor Dan Maes warned the crowd that his Democratic opponent, John Hickenlooper, had enlisted Denver in a program that would lead to UN control. “This is all very well-disguised, but it will be exposed,” said Maes. “This is bigger than it looks like on the surface, and it could threaten our personal freedoms,” he added. The program in question? Denver’s bike-sharing program, B-Cycle.

Obama has opened up 1.8 million acres of the 23 million acre Alaskan oil reserve for drilling. He says steps are being taken to protect caribou and migratory birds.

With Obama promising a plan to move America toward a non-petroleum based future, Jon Stewart took the time to give a little history lesson on the show last night. As he pointed out, Obama is certainly not the first President to come on TV and talk about a plan for energy-independence. No, no. It seems that going as far back as Nixon, every President has broadcast the same, if not similar, pledge.

The president wrapped up his address Tuesday night by asking Americans to pray for the victims -- both human and environmental -- of the BP oil spill. I thought it was a strange way to end his first Oval Office address during a national emergency insofar as praying makes the situation appear too big for conventional solutions. As though all that remains between us and a sea of oil is the Hail Mary.

Back in the early days of mass-produced biofuels, corn-based ethanol and soy-based biodiesel were all the rage. But criticism about food vs. fuel and scalability abounded and, by 2008, cellulosic ethanol became known as a so-called second-generation-biofuel and, maybe, the answer to our oil-addicted prayers.

Republicans are excited about a recent news broadcast asking Obama to lift the offshore drilling ban in the gulf.

Kevin Costner bought a centrifuged patent in 1993 and wishes to use employ it in the gulf to help clean up the oil spill

The governors of 10 East Coast states have joined federal authorities to form a consortium that will promote the development of offshore wind energy.

The Obama administration, facing rising anger on the Gulf Coast over the loss of jobs and income from a drilling moratorium, said Monday that it would move quickly to release new safety requirements that would allow the reopening of offshore oil and gas exploration in shallow waters.

Green power is a government-endorsed, but not mandated, source of electricity for homes, businesses, automobiles, machinery and all kinds of appliances.

A slideshow shows the worst defenders of dirty energy in our government

Oil spill is out of control and is now the worst in U.S. history