The cement plant’s nearby mine is closed after opponents won a victory last year. Now they’re going after the whole thing.
Michael Booth
Michael Booth is a Colorado Sun reporter covering health, health policy and the environment.
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Posted inWater
A Colorado mountain town is famous for its water, which may become some of the priciest in the state
Colorado tells the San Juan Mountains town their ancient spring has been infiltrated, and now needs $12 million in new filtration
Posted inEnvironment
How to make the right ethical decisions when recycling and reusing as Colorado pushes for clean energy
We asked recycling and reuse experts to take on a reader’s dilemma about retiring perfectly good fossil fuel-powered machinery.
Posted inEnvironment
Xcel building massive battery to store clean energy at Pueblo’s Comanche complex
Power company hailed for 10 MW storage site the size of a football field that can hold days of electricity from wind and solar to bolster the Colorado grid
Posted inEnergy
How Coloradans can find home electrification rebates and save big
We sorted through new and tantalizing layers of federal, state, Xcel and local credits for buying clean heat pumps, water heaters and more
Posted inEnvironment
As gas car sales drop, how many electric vehicles did Colorado buy in 2022? A lot.
Overall car market is down, but the state is adopting cleaner electrics and hybrids at a pace that makes state leaders happy
Posted inEnvironment
How Aurora recycles enough wastewater to serve tens of thousands of homes
Feds deliver $5 million expansion money to Aurora’s Prairie Waters project, which they call key to the future of an increasingly dry West
Posted inEnvironment
More “forever chemicals” found in Colorado and U.S. freshwater fish, study warns
PFAS levels in locally caught fish are “staggeringly high” according to the Environmental Working Group researchers, and Colorado has no fish consumption guidelines
Posted inEnvironment
Colorado lawmakers want to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2050, offer tax credits on clean lawn equipment
Senate Bill 16 would set new greenhouse gas reduction goals of 65% from 2005 benchmark levels by 2035, 80% by 2040, 90% by 2045 and 100% in 2050
Posted inEnvironment
Billion-dollar climate disasters rise with drought in Colorado, the American West
NOAA report details growing total of weather and climate chaos biting deep into U.S. economy