Responsible technology for energy, environment

Colorado’s energy economy focuses on both renewables and oil and gas. And while natural gas is king in Colorado, research universities in the state are finding new ways to make oil and gas extraction more environmentally friendly while at the same time promoting renewables.

Ask Doug Johnson, vice president of the Fort Collins-based Rocky Mountain Innosphere, to discuss the social license to operate (SLO), and he leans in.

“We talk about that a lot here,” he said. “It’s the marriage of community responsibility with energy exploration. How do you encourage responsible oil and gas development? And how do you do it in…