Help wanted: Supporters for coal lobby

DENVER — The coal industry is resorting to online classifieds to bolster its ranks.

“We hear stories of people paying folks $50 through Craigslist to come and wear shirts supporting ‘Coal for America,’” Lisa Jackson, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator and surprise guest at the “Rebel With A Cause” gala, told a ballroom of activists on Thursday night.

Western Slope businesses band together, urge Hickenlooper to stop proposed pipeline

Over 100 businesses on the Western Slope wrote Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper today, asking that he stop devoting state resources to study Aaron Million’s embattled Flaming Gorge pipeline proposal.

Republicans blowing up military’s plans for alternative energy; Democrats fighting back

The fight over America’s energy policy has a new battleground: the Department of Defense budget.

Obama-backed restoration projects putting more than 20,000 low-income youth to work

Four new conservation projects in Colorado will add to the more than 20,000 work opportunities for low-income youth on public lands this summer.

Colorado conservationists hail strides made in 2012 state legislative session

Colorado’s conservation community deemed the 2012 state legislative session a success this week after it saw a half dozen bills it supported pass and 15 efforts to undermine the environment thwarted.

Feds stand by Flaming Gorge pipeline denial

Another day, another setback for Aaron Million’s proposal to pipe water from Wyoming to Colorado.

Obama administration challenges oil, gas companies to drill already leased lands

Oil and gas companies are tapping only about 28 percent of federal offshore sea floor they have leased and 56 percent of the onshore land they’ve leased is also sitting idle, the Interior Department said Tuesday.

American Rivers ranks Green, Crystal among nation’s most endangered waterways

Water withdrawals are threatening the Green River as potential dams and diversions are putting fish, wildlife and recreation at risk on the Crystal River, according to a new report.

Students, Polis agree pizza not a vegetable; Congress not so sure

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is trying to convince Congress that pizza is not a vegetable.

Opponents to Koch land swap say proposed gas project compromises trail easements

Billionaire businessman Bill Koch organized a tour last fall for western Colorado residents to survey property he is offering in a multifaceted land swap that requires an act of Congress to complete. But he forgot to mention the potential for drilling.