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Pine beetle infestation in Colorado’s Front Range forests prompts action from Gov. Polis

Pine beetle infestation in Colorado’s Front Range forests prompts action from Gov. Polis

Updated 3 days ago

Pine beetle infestations are quickly spreading across large areas of Colorado’s ponderosa pine forests, evident from aerial surveys conducted by the U.S. Forest Service over...

Trump administration moves to shutter national climate lab in Colorado

Trump administration moves to shutter national climate lab in Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

Democrats slam decision as ‘deeply dangerous’ as White House calls facility a source of ‘climate alarmism’ The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of...

Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado

Trump administration moves to dissolve national climate research lab in Colorado

Updated 1 week ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, moving to dissolve a research lab that a top...

U.S. House votes along party lines to begin debate on delisting gray wolves

U.S. House votes along party lines to begin debate on delisting gray wolves

Updated 1 week ago

The U.S. House on Tuesday voted along party lines on a resolution that will start the process for approval of legislation to delist gray wolves...

Colorado, Xcel, petition to delay Comanche coal-fired generating unit shutdown

Colorado, Xcel, petition to delay Comanche coal-fired generating unit shutdown

Updated 1 month ago

Colorado’s largest utility company has petitioned energy regulators to push back the retirement of a coal-fired, electrical generating unit located in the Southern part of...

Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12

Another translocated wolf dies in Colorado, bringing total to 12

Updated 2 months ago

Wildlife officials on Friday morning announced that another British Columbia wolf, a female with the tag 2506, died in southwest Colorado. Officials said necropsy will...

Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM

Trump taps ex-N.M. congressman to head BLM

Updated 2 months ago

Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico and, until last December, the chair of the New Mexico Republican Party, is the latest nominee...

Denver City Council to vote on composting bill

Denver City Council to vote on composting bill

Updated 3 months 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...

Colorado’s $3.1 billion energy upgrade mandate for large buildings takes effect

Colorado’s $3.1 billion energy upgrade mandate for large buildings takes effect

Updated 2 years ago

Gov. Jared Polis’ $3.1 billion mandate to upgrade energy efficiency in large buildings takes effect on Sunday, Oct. 15. So do civil penalties of up...

Colorado’s Doug Lamborn, others grill BLM over proposal on leasing public lands

Colorado’s Doug Lamborn, others grill BLM over proposal on leasing public lands

Updated 2 years ago

Representatives from Western states grilled the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday over proposed regulations they believe will threaten oil and gas development on...

Report claims outdoor recreation money can ease pain of moving away from oil and gas

Report claims outdoor recreation money can ease pain of moving away from oil and gas

Updated 2 years ago

Oil and gas extraction in Colorado is both undesirable and fiscally unnecessary, environmental activists said on Tuesday, citing a report that claimed money from the...

State air pollution regulators pass controversial $2.55 billion large building energy regulation

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...

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