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

Updated 4 days 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 1 week 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 1 week 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...

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

Updated 2 weeks ago

With no agreement among the seven Colorado River states, which missed multiple federal deadlines, the Upper Colorado River Commission on Monday sharply criticized the U.S....

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

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

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Colorado lawmakers mull competing bills on data centers

Updated 3 weeks ago

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

Updated 4 weeks ago

Deadlocked: Colorado basin states negotiations collapse

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

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14th wolf dies in northwest Colorado

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Colorado joins lawsuit against Trump energy emergency order

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

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

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Xcel gets an earful from public for power shutoffs in Colorado

Updated 1 month ago

Residents, business owners and local officials gave Xcel Energy an earful during a hearing convened by Colorado’s utility regulators on Wednesday, accusing the power company...

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

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Rising homeowners’ insurance rates prompted a group of lawmakers to introduce a bill Wednesday aimed at reducing damage from hail and wildfire. The measure would...

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

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

Updated 2 months ago

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) has officially launched a $200 million program to help reduce carbon emissions with heat pumps. The regional organization...

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

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Colorado air regulators propose higher fees for pollution permits and reports

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

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

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

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

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Vince Bzdek: Coloradans are fed up with the high price of cars

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Ski patrollers end strike against Telluride

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U.S. House weighs override of Trump veto on Colorado water project

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Ben Nighthorse Campbell was a Colorado original | Vince Bzdek

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One day in 1982, Ben Nighthorse Campbell walked into a political caucus in Colorado to kill time after thunderstorms grounded his flight. He ended up...

Commerce City to become largest Colorado city with fully EV trash-collection fleet

Updated 2 months ago

Starting in January, Commerce City will roll out a fully electric recycling and waste collection fleet, making it the largest Colorado city to adopt such...

Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open

Updated 2 months ago

The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending...

US Rep. Lauren Boebert calls for override vote after Trump vetoes bipartisan Colorado water bill

Updated 2 months ago

President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his second term Tuesday, blocking a long-awaited bipartisan effort to finish a southeastern Colorado water project that...