Hi, Bucket Listers! We hope you enjoyed the snow (our dog correspondent, Daphne, sure did), and that your sidewalks are cleared up by now. Thank you to everyone who showed up for us on Giving Tuesday. We’re halfway to our $15,000 goal with roughly a month to go. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Parker, Dan, Michael, Dominic, Debra, Nancy and Michael for their contributions. I know it gets exhausting this time of year with so many appeals, but community news matters and you matter to community news. Colorado Gives Day is on Tuesday, Dec. 9, so please contribute if you haven’t already. Now, onto the news.
NREL in Golden Has a New Name
For over three decades, Goldenites have referred to the U.S. Department of Energy building in town as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory or NREL; however, on Dec. 1, the federal department announced that it would be renamed the National Laboratory of the Rockies. The NLR director said the name embraces “a broader applied energy mission” and would go into effect immediately. Corinne Westeman’s story, originally published in the Golden Transcript, breaks down the announcement and the reactions of Colorado public officials.
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