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Wiretap: Trump rolls back climate rules, and soon it may not...

It's no hoax. Donald Trump signs an executive order, as promised, that takes the United States out of the lead role in combatting the effects...

Fast-approaching hearings prompt slew of pleas for CO senators to reject...

  With hearings for eight of President-elect Donald Trump's 22 cabinet picks already scheduled for the coming week, concerned Coloradans are demanding the state’s U.S....

Wiretap: Climate change kills kids, Trump meets the press and Meryl...

This is the week that president-elect Donald Trump finally meets the press — with a news conference scheduled for Wednesday — and a slew...

Obama’s lasting legacies in the West

This story originally appeared in High Country News. Eight years ago, President-elect Barack Obama wanted Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be his Interior secretary. David...

Wiretap: Remembering Carrie Fisher, fighting Trump on climate and mapping U.S....

Turn up the heat California didn't just give Donald Trump a 4-million-vote trouncing in the November election. It now promises to take Trump on again,...

How an obscure statewide race could change the way Colorado’s top...

  You might wonder: What’s a University of Colorado regent? And why do I care? The balance of power on the board of Colorado’s flagship university...

Colorado Democratic Reps: Help us act on climate change

Are we heading toward the point of no return on climate change? That was the first question posed to four Democrats from the U.S....

Wiretap: Trump and Cruz are furious Kasich won’t quit

Drop out Ted Cruz is fuming because John Kasich won't drop out of the race, saying he's taking votes away from him. And you thought...

Wiretap: Climate scientists warn of massive floods by 2100

Melt down If you don't think global warming is a hoax, you might be concerned by the latest word from climate science - that the...

Senate climate change deniers battle Clean Power Plan

An anti-Clean Power Plan bill Colorado Senate Republicans insist has “nothing to do with climate change” prompted those same lawmakers to argue on the Senate floor Monday that...