[2]As new estimates were released [3] on the amount of BP oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico---up to 30,000 barrels a day, double the amount previously thought---British rock star Sting reflected on the economic and environmental tragedy [4] from Denver. As he prepared for a second show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, part of his tour with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, he wondered how a well nearly one mile below the sea was approved in the first place. "What were they doing drilling that deep without any safeguards? Who allowed that to happen?" the long-time celebrity asked, during a stop at the Denver Art Museum, where he viewed a painting of southern Colorado, "Mount Blanca with Ute Creek at Dawn," by his friend Stephen Hannock, whose work Sting collects, notes The Denver Post [5]. Hannock accompanied Sting to the museum, but neither own the painting. That honor belongs to hedge-fund manager and part-time Colorado resident Louis Bacon, who is mired in a legal battle [6] with Xcel Energy. Bacon is fighting to run transmission lines for renewable energy through his large ranch. Bacon and fans of small-scale renewable power oppose Xcel, which wants to scale back its renewable-energy goals in Colorado as a result of the conflict.