environment
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Polis administration moving to remove diesel and gas powered trucks by 2050
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The Colorado Department of Transportation announced yesterday the release of a draft strategy to remove gas and diesel trucks, including pickup trucks, from Colorado’s roadways. Governor Jared Polis’ Clean Truck Strategy “to encourage the adoption of zero-emission medium and heavy-duty trucks by 2050” is open for public comment. In a press release, Executive Director of…
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House panel votes down bill requiring businesses to provide alternative transport for workers
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Lawmakers on Monday shot down a bill that sought to reduce single-occupancy vehicle trips by requiring larger businesses to provide alternative transportation options for employees. A House panel voted to indefinitely postpone the measure, 1-9. The postponement came after two hours of debate and a slew of proposed changes that resulted in a watered-down bill,…
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West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
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The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years and is a worst-case climate change scenario playing out live, a new study finds. A dramatic drying in 2021 – about as dry as 2002 and one of the driest years ever recorded for the…
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Major cooperative agrees to aggressive clean power goals, consider retiring Craig coal unit 4 years early
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, which supplies power to 43 power distribution cooperatives in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Nebraska, agreed Wednesday to accelerate its transition to renewable energy and consider potentially shutting down a coal plant unit in the city of Craig four years earlier than originally planned. The proposed settlement before the Colorado…
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CPW asks Coloradans, visitors to refrain from feeding wildlife
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are reminding Coloradans and visitors to refrain from feeding the state’s wildlife after several people have been cited for doing so this year. Moose rescued after being trapped in Breckenridge basement Feeding the state’s wildlife is illegal and can cause harm to animal species and people feeding them across the…
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INSIGHTS | A West without snow creates a Colorado you won’t know
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I’ve taken this climate change talk with an attentive grain of salt, hoping, I guess, that it was overly hyped for fundraising. That’s melted away over time. You can’t blame me for being a skeptic. I was born doubting most things. When I was a kid, pollution was depicted in the media I consumed, Mad…
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Colorado wildfire outlook 2019: Polis urges state to stay vigilant
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Gov. Jared Polis warned Coloradans to not become complacent this summer despite predictions of an average to below-average wildfire season. “I don’t want this average risk to lull people into a false sense of security,” Polis said Tuesday at the AeroColorado hangar at Centennial Airport southeast of Denver. Meteorologists are forecasting below-average potential for large…
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Report: Public lands key in midterm election races in Colorado
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Public lands played a key role in the 2018 midterm elections in Colorado and across the West, a new report from the Center for Western Priorities showed. “What we found that there are a group of nonpartisan voters that value living in the West and live here because they value the access to public lands…
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Teller County residents rally to keep free artesian well from being closed by the state
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TELLER COUNTY ? A grassroots effort to save a free artesian well off the side of the road at Gillette Flats from being closed by the state’s water division is becoming an official movement. A small group of Teller County residents met in Cripple Creek during Friday’s snowstorm and decided to form a nonprofit association,…
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Colorado’s crucial spring runoff expected to be below average due to 2018 drought
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Colorado’s spring runoff is expected to take a hit as the impacts of last year’s drought linger. A forecast published this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls for much-below-average – 50 percent to 70 percent – to below-average – 70 percent to 90 percent – spring runoff across most basins in Colorado.…
