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Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

Updated 2 days ago

A packed marathon hearing at the state Capitol in Colorado highlighted the sharp divide between two competing approaches to the effects of data centers, one...

Conservation Colorado proposes measures aimed at oil and gas companies

Updated 2 days ago

A group has introduced four ballot measures it says are meant to counter an initiative that aims to enshrine Colorado businesses and consumers’ right to...

Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

Updated 3 days ago

A consortium of universities filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research is unlawful retaliation...

After ‘winter of defeat,’ Colorado hopes for wetter summer

Updated 4 days ago

With snowpack melt already peaking in some parts of the state and drought conditions worsening compared to last year, Colorado’s water watchers are hoping for...

Colorado, other states oppose proposal to require EV chargers be made with 100% domestic components

Updated 4 days ago

U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado legislators push dozen-plus energy bills amid debate over emissions goals | ANALYSIS

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado Attorney General, environmental groups challenge EPA rejection of state’s haze plan

Updated 2 weeks ago

Gov. Jared Polis, Upper Basin states criticize federal draft plan for managing the Colorado River

Updated 3 weeks ago

Bills on ballot access, dual office ban move swiftly through Colorado legislature

Updated 3 weeks ago

Rural legislators, Colorado farmers defeat pollinator bill backed by Gov. Polis

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado lawmakers mull competing bills on data centers

Updated 4 weeks ago

With the deadline missed, Bureau of Reclamation plans to move forward on Colorado River operations

Updated 1 month ago

Deadlocked: Colorado basin states negotiations collapse

Updated 1 month ago

CU Boulder, state launch economic research in coal-transition areas

Updated 1 month ago

Communities in northwest Colorado built on coal mining and power plants are losing hundreds of high-paying jobs and a major share of their tax revenue...

14th wolf dies in northwest Colorado

Updated 2 months ago

The 14th wolf to die in Colorado since their reintroduction about two years ago took place during a “collaring” operation in the northwestern region of...

Colorado joins lawsuit against Trump energy emergency order

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser joined a multistate lawsuit challenging an executive order invoking the National Emergencies Act that President Donald Trump issued on the...

Specter of litigation looms as Colorado River basin governors head to DC

Updated 2 months ago

Feb. 14. That’s the next deadline for the seven states of the Colorado River to reach an agreement on how to manage the river after...

Eagle County leads the way in fire mitigation as winter drought deepens

Updated 2 months ago

Xcel gets an earful from public for power shutoffs in Colorado

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado lawmakers roll out bipartisan plan aimed at lowering home insurance risk

Updated 2 months ago

We tested vapes in Colorado for signs of hemp. This is what we found.

Updated 2 months ago

$200M in federal funds to be deployed in Denver area for heat pumps aimed at reducing emissions

Updated 2 months ago

PUC schedules virtual hearing on proposed rules for public safety power shutoffs

Updated 2 months ago

Monument town council proposes changes to regional water district charter

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado air regulators propose higher fees for pollution permits and reports

Updated 2 months ago

With guidelines expiring, federal agency releases draft plan for Colorado River operations

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado appeals Trump’s rejection of federal disaster declarations for flooding, fires

Updated 2 months ago

PUC holds firm on ambitious 41% greenhouse gas cut for natural gas utilities

Updated 2 months ago

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission refused to ease a greenhouse gas reduction target for natural gas utilities, voting 2-1 to preserve a 41% cut in...

House Speaker urges colleagues to fight Trump, who ‘would hold Colorado hostage’

Updated 2 months ago

A top Colorado Democrat on Wednesday characterized Colorado as under siege by the Trump administration, as she invoked Winston Churchill and urged colleagues to fight...