Colorado far from tops in conservation.

• Author: Cote, Mike
• Position: ENERGY - Brief article

Colorado may be embracing a "new energy" economy, but it's still old school when it comes to conservation. The state ranks in the middle of the pack for encouraging energy efficiency, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.

That means Colorado earned just a pale shade of green in a Time magazine map of the country that illustrated the ranking in...