Allen Best
@BigPivots
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Journalist, lover of high mountains, flowing water. I produce Big Pivots, which chronicles climate, energy and water in Colorado.
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Joined January 2013
I am considering getting off Twitter or X or whatever Elon Musk wants to call it. I am so tired of his nonsense. He's a weirdo, but a very dangerous one with all the misinformation he spews.
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Colorado will get a LOT of new solar in the next 6 years, and counties have been hurrying to be prepared for that reality with their land-use codes. I start this story with a pretty interesting case. Leaving everybody just a little bit unhappy
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Colorado's Mesa County worked hand to balance diverse interests and values when writing codes governing utility-scale solar. The work was quick, the result a success — for now.
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A happy day in many households in rural (or at least semi-rural) Colorado Colorado electrical coops lead nation in federal grants
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An outsized impact expected from $1.1 billion to spur clean energy transition by Tri-State, United Power and CORE
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AJ's awards included an honor for extended coverage, for a five-part series authored by Allen Best about the transition away from turf grass necessitated climate change and population growth produced. @BigPivots @spj_tweets Award-winning series here: https://t.co/nPGybpymmB
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A five-part series written and reported by Allen Best, publisher of Big Pivots, in collaboration with Aspen Journalism, examining evolving norms in how Colorado uses water in urban landscapes. This...
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Is there life after coal in Colorado for Craig and Moffat County? I probe a bit on this piece. A coal community without the coal
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Colorado legislators said coal communities should be helped in the energy transition. This agreement with Craig and Moffat County provides a picture of what that looks like in practice.
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In Colorado, we keep talking about just transition, with some convinced that nuclear energy is the answer. I'm skeptical. That's one of about a dozen stories in the latest issue of the Big Pivots e-magazine: https://t.co/0XA9JizBWr
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2030 Emission Reduction Goal Challenges [Draft 1-6] Colorado PUC Nov. 7, 2025, Just Transition Solicitation decision Big Pivots 102 — three Colorado groundwater basins (July 21, 2025) Big Pivots 101...
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I like it when I can weave history into stories, sort of layer the content. I did so in this piece that was triggered by Colorado's big wind storm of April 6-7. https://t.co/eBnUaKO3qO
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Plenty of outrage. Was it justified? - Big Pivots
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Wyoming politicos were furious, some enviros elated. But the Biden administration decision about Powder River coal leasing actually had no real consequence. Here's why in a richer, deeper read.
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Who's the water thief in Colorado? We get snow but then ... This is sort of a science whodunnit that I wrote for Headwaters Magazine. https://t.co/8V2ttQz4Uy
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Why the gap between deep winter snows and low summer flows? A 21st century whodunnit.
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Today somebody verbed a noun on me: Do you office downtown or somewhere else?
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Lots of wind and solar panels to erect in Colorado during the next 15 years. Do we need changes to land-use siting? https://t.co/p6TGuGRUkS
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State needs to triple wind and quintuple solar. Role of state government vs. local control being sorted out in bill expected shortly
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A little line-item of the Colorado Water Conservation Board funding bill is a big bill for SE Colorado: https://t.co/f5hg9J0Vpo
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Colorado legislative committee approves many millions for water projects in Colorado — including $250,000 for a study crucial for Baca County
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We'll see what replaces coal generation in the Yampa River Valley of Colorado. Xcel rep mentioned storage: hydrogen and pumped-storage hydro. This is about a bill that would allow Xcel and TS G&T to retain their water rights to 2050. https://t.co/ueGXvL2V9A
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Bill moving through Colorado Capitol that would allow Xcel Energy and Tri-State G&T to keep water rights for 20 years after last coal plant closes
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