Environment

Denver City Council to vote on composting bill
Updated 9 hours ago
Monday’s Denver City Council meeting will see the return of several interesting bills for final consideration. The first, Council Bill 25-1208, proposes to amend existing...

BLM leases nearly 8,000 acres in quarterly oil and gas sale
Updated 5 days ago
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) recent quarterly oil and gas lease sale totaled around $7 million in receipts and covered nearly 8,000 acres of...

Colorado lawmakers push for funeral industry regulations after string of scandals
Updated 1 year ago
As she spread her son David’s ashes in Utah, Crystina Page was struck by the extraordinary beauty of the landscape. She was also struck by...

Colorado’s competitive edge slips in key areas, new report says
Updated 2 years ago
A historically highly attractive place to live, Colorado faces an “inflection point,” in which warning signs have emerged, notably in the area of housing, according...
Homelessness in Colorado: Three cities, three strategies
Updated 2 years ago
Homelessness in Colorado: Aurora experiments with ‘treatment first’
Updated 2 years ago
Homelessness in Colorado: A primer on Denver’s enforcement program
Updated 2 years ago
Colorado’s $3.1 billion energy upgrade mandate for large buildings takes effect
Updated 2 years ago
Colorado’s Doug Lamborn, others grill BLM over proposal on leasing public lands
Updated 2 years ago

State air pollution regulators pass controversial $2.55 billion large building energy regulation
Updated 2 years ago
A controversial new regulation approved Thursday by the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission is expected to cost owners of large buildings least $2.55 billion by...

Colorado’s pollution regulators hear pros, cons of $2.55 billion energy efficiency mandate
Updated 2 years ago
A state agency this week heard testimony favoring and opposing a proposal to mandate more than $2.55 billion in energy efficiency upgrades for some 8,000...

Leslie Herod endorses Mike Johnston for Denver mayor
Updated 2 years ago
State Rep. Leslie Herod has endorsed Mike Johnston in the runoff race for mayor. “It wasn’t about me. It’s really about the city,” Herod said....

Nick Campion drops out of Denver’s District 7 council runoff after learning he’ll be a dad
Updated 2 years ago
Nick Campion has dropped out of the runoff race to represent District 7 on Denver’s City Council, leaving candidate Flor Alvidrez running unopposed. Campion has...
Q&A: What’s next for the Park Hill Golf Course land
Updated 2 years ago
Where do Denver’s mayoral candidates stand on pressing energy challenges?
Updated 2 years ago