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Colorado’s proposed battery laws target fire risks, raise enforcement, cost questions

Updated 2 days ago

Colorado lawmakers have created one of the nation’s most comprehensive battery stewardship systems to keep lithium-powered devices and vehicles from turning garbage trucks and landfills...

Colorado lawmakers kill both major data center bills

Updated 1 week ago

Colorado lawmakers killed competing bills aimed at regulating large data centers, meaning regulation of the facilities is left in the hands of the Colorado Public...

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

The Colorado Water Conservation Board recently approved an additional $13 million in funding for 48 projects through its Water Plan Grant and Water Supply Reserve...

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

The Colorado Water Conservation Board recently approved an additional $13 million in funding for 48 projects through its Water Plan Grant and Water Supply Reserve...

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado approves $13 million for 48 water projects amid statewide drought

Updated 2 weeks ago

Colorado regulators could force Xcel customers to pay for troubled plant for decades

Updated 3 weeks ago

Colorado Aeronautical Board greenlights millions in airport funding

Updated 4 weeks ago

Polis administration awards $12.4 million for geothermal projects in Colorado

Updated 4 weeks ago

The Polis administration is awarding another $12.4 million in state energy tax credits and cash to advance geothermal energy development in Colorado, supporting seven new...

Death in the dust: Downburst wind, dry lakebeds and disaster at milepost 92

Updated 1 month ago

Pueblo County Emergency Management Coordinator Josh Johnson was on the road, negotiating details of a public safety power shutoff due to high winds when the...

Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings

Updated 1 month ago

The Colorado Senate approved bipartisan legislation allowing drivers to voluntarily pay an extra $5 when registering their vehicles to help finance wildlife crossings and reduce...

Poll: Colorado voters oppose legalizing prostitution, support suspending wolf reintroduction

Updated 1 month ago

A majority of Colorado residents — 61% — oppose legalizing prostitution in the state, an idea that lawmakers floated earlier in the legislative session before...

Environmentalists and Colorado Springs Utilities split on retirement date for Ray Nixon coal power plant

Updated 2 months ago

Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say

Updated 2 months ago

Gov. Polis declares April ‘dig safely month’ to mark 40th anniversary of Colorado 811

Updated 2 months ago

A perfect storm: Pine beetles thriving following warm, dry winter in Colorado

Updated 2 months ago

Power grid shutdowns in Colorado bring protection — and problems

Updated 2 months ago

CDOT pivots from snowplowing to wildfire mitigation along highways

Updated 2 months ago

Proposed data center regulation in Colorado draws critics, backers

Updated 2 months ago

Conservation Colorado proposes measures aimed at oil and gas companies

Updated 2 months ago

Universities sue to block dismantling of Boulder’s NCAR

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

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

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado has joined a coalition of about 20 states in opposing a federal proposal that would require electric vehicle chargers funded with federal dollars to...

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

Updated 2 months ago

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday warned that Colorado’s energy policies could lead to higher electricity prices and deter businesses, such as data centers,...

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

Updated 2 months ago

Colorado legislators have introduced more than a dozen energy-related bills this year that highlight the sharp partisan split over how aggressively the state should pursue...

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

Updated 3 months ago

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and several environmental organizations have filed separate petitions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, challenging the...