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In Front Range region suffering from poor air quality, oil and gas drilling hasn’t...
In September, Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order aimed at improving air quality in Colorado’s northern Front Range, a region that is still...
Ask the Indy: In Colorado, how culpable are cows for climate change? Livestock is...
In response to a story The Colorado Independent wrote about proposed oil and gas air emissions regulations, reader Nancy McDonald asked if we have...
While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead of paying to...
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource.
The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...
Colorado Congresswoman DeGette aims to force Trump’s hand on methane rules
WASHINGTON — Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) is pushing legislation that would reverse some of the Trump administration’s oil and gas policies on federal lands.
The...
U.S. senators attempt to thwart planned BLM move A Senate subcommittee zeroed out funding...
WASHINGTON — Congress and the Trump administration butted heads Tuesday over the plan to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado.
The U.S....
Good grief: Scenes and stories from Colorado’s climate change strike Indy reporters fan out...
My two sons are always bickering about our gas-guzzling SUV, the newspaper we have delivered each morning, and the yogurt containers that occasionally end...
Opinion: Youth climate movement puts ethics at the center of the global debate
This story was originally published by Marion Hourdequin, a Colorado College professor specializing in environmental philosophy, on The Conversation on September 18, 2019.
Even if...
Guest Post: New fracking plan could threaten the Colorado peach
Nothing says summer in Colorado like the treasured Western Slope peach, and we've had a spectacular season.
Thousands of pounds of the succulent fruit have...
Guest Post: Finding accommodation among wildlife, growth, and oil and gas leasing
Last month, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order that directs state agencies to prioritize protections for big game migratory corridors and winter ranges....
Lawmakers grill Trump official on plan to shift BLM HQ to Colorado
WASHINGTON — The head of the Bureau of Land Management today defended the Trump administration’s plans to close the agency’s Washington, D.C., office and...