IN COMMERCE CITY, COLO. Everything about Reunion is meant to be perfect. The houses in this middle-class, master-planned neighborhood 20 miles outside Denver evoke the front-porch intimacy of a small town. Large faux farm silos adorn the grand landscaped entrance. The fishing pond shimmers. The small sign on Reunion Parkway boasts, "Happily ever after starts here."

This is the second time a new species is found in the mountains, which is unusual; unclear of how venomous creature is.

Brookings Mountain West at UNLV says that Nevada can be at the heart a transformation in how the country reduces its carbon footprint. By establishing federally funded innovation centers across the intermountain West, Brookings says the region can capitalize on its many world class assets.

A nonpartisan think tank Wednesday outlined an ambitious plan to boost renewable energy development in America and placed Nevada and the West in the center of it.

The United States Mountain West has long been a hotbed of experimentation and innovation, due in no small part to a decades-long partnership between government, universities and private enterprise. Throughout the 20th century, the federal government invested in dams, transportation infrastructure and military installations that facilitated economic expansion and the emergence of new private industries.

The United States Mountain West has long been a hotbed of experimentation and innovation, due in no small part to a decades-long partnership between government, universities, and private enterprise. Throughout the 20th century, the federal government invested in dams, transportation infrastructure, and military installations that facilitated economic expansion and the emergence of new private industries.

The Intermountain West will be a good place to further research into energy, given the assets from universities and national research operations already in the region, according to a Brookings Institute study out Wednesday.

The study calls for the development of “centers of invention” to connect New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Utah, with hubs for various renewable energy infrastructure.

Four to six federally funded research centers should be developed in Colorado and other western states to find better ways to develop and commercialize clean energy, a report Wednesday from the Brooking Institution and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, recommends.

The report says Colorado should be considered as a site for clean-energy "innovation centers" focused on advanced biofuels, "smart grid" projects and carbon management.

The Intermountain West will be a good place to further research into energy, given the assets from universities and national research operations already in Arizona and the region, according to a Brookings Institute study out Wednesday.

The study calls for the development of “centers of invention” to connect Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada and Utah, with hubs for various renewable energy infrastructure.