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EPA mulls further delays to rein in Front Range ozone as residents voice health...
The Environmental Protection Agency is poised to order a crackdown on polluters in the northern Front Range who contribute to the region’s unhealthy levels...
Conservationists warn weaker Trump rules could doom Colorado dancing grouse
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s efforts to weaken the Endangered Species Act could make it harder to bring animals back from the brink, including...
Guest Post: Prairie dogs are not pests
They’re easy to miss when you’re driving by. Tiny, sandy bodies blend in perfectly with the light dirt in which they make their homes....
Guest Post: Protecting our climate is a bridge issue — not a partisan wedge...
This is about our own lives and the future of everyone and everything we care about.
When I was in Washington, DC in June I...
Longmont could be testing ground for limits of local control over fracking Anti-fracking advocates...
On Dec. 4, Boulder County District Court Judge Nancy W. Salomone reversed an earlier decision to reopen the 2014 case involving an oil and...
Night work to continue as I-70 construction takes toll on Elyria-Swansea residents Residents say...
Raquel Casillas, a 32-year-old who lives on 45th Street near an I-70 off-ramp in Denver, said her 8-year-old son woke her up one night...
Guest Post: Colorado should build a wall – of nature
If you think it’s bad now, the worst is still to come. In a news report two weeks ago, the Colorado state demographer stated...
House committee hearing on climate change sparks natural gas debate U.S. reps came to...
The first field hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis briefly turned into a cross-examination by Rep. Joe Neguse of an...
Court ruling could expedite cleanup of long-dormant uranium mines The Colorado Court of Appeals...
Recent images of the Van 4 uranium mine show a dark rig towering above a sagebrush and juniper mesa. Beside the scaffolding sit piles...
Oil and gas emissions ‘not acceptable,’ Colorado’s top air quality regulator says The Air...
Colorado air quality regulators are ramping up efforts to slash planet-warming and ozone-forming emissions from oil and gas operations.
On Monday, the state Air Pollution...