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Critics say Hickenlooper’s clean energy pledge falls short of needed climate...

Gov. John Hickenlooper was quick to assure Coloradans this week that the state will continue working towards a more sustainable energy portfolio despite President...

Email controversy highlights CU regents’ problem with climate change

Alternative right-wing news sources were abuzz last week condemning three professors at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs who forbid classroom debate about the existence...

Environmentalists are targeting Colorado coal, successfully

A federal judge has threatened to block Tri-State Generation's expanded Colowyo and Trapper coal mines outside Craig, Colorado. It's a big win for environmentalists and a...

Wiretap: Mother’s Day would be happier if America took care of...

Unhappy holidays Hope you had a happy Mother's Day. Now imagine, Ezra Klein writes, how happy it might have been if America really cared about...

Climate paradox: More snow, less water?

Juggling Colorado's already stretched water resources is going to get even tougher in the decades ahead.

Melting permafrost could worsen water quality in the Rockies

We may not yet know exactly how global warming will affect all the complex parts of Rocky Mountain ecosystems, but it’s not for lack of trying.

Rocky Mountain Climate Watch: Here we go

We are amped to start our Rocky Mountain climate reporting trek with a visit to the high San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.

Chasing Light: San Juan sojourn

  A couple of weeks ago, my 16-year-old son and I trekked to the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado to interview Chris Landry, director...

Steyer ad attacks Gardner for bad votes on environment, of course

  ENVIRONMENTAL politics group NextGen Climate Colorado, bankrolled by billionaire Tom Steyer, launched an ad today attacking Colorado Republican U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner. It...

Feds ignore science, backpedal on wolverine protection

One of the rarest animals in the West won't get any special protection for now, as federal officials ignored their own researchers and withdrew a 2010 proposal to put wolverines on the endangered species list.