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Michael Booth

Michael Booth is a Colorado Sun reporter covering health, health policy and the environment.
Email: booth@coloradosun.com Twitter: @MBoothDenver

Posted inEnvironment

Can Colorado activists win a second battle to shut down the Cemex cement plant in Boulder County?  

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Feb 6, 202311:06 AM MST on Feb 7, 2023

The cement plant’s nearby mine is closed after opponents won a victory last year. Now they’re going after the whole thing.

A far away view of Ouray in the mountains
Posted inWater

A Colorado mountain town is famous for its water, which may become some of the priciest in the state

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Feb 2, 20232:37 PM MST on Feb 2, 2023

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

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Jan 31, 20235:11 PM MST on Jan 31, 2023

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 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Jan 27, 20231:59 PM MST on Jan 27, 2023

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   

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Jan 26, 202312:51 PM MST on Jan 27, 2023

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. 

by Michael Booth 3:10 AM MST on Jan 24, 20231:31 PM MST on Jan 20, 2023

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

by Michael Booth 3:04 AM MST on Jan 19, 20233:51 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

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

by Michael Booth 3:06 AM MST on Jan 17, 202311:15 AM MST on Jan 16, 2023

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

by Michael Booth and Jesse Paul 3:08 AM MST on Jan 12, 20239:31 AM MST on Jan 12, 2023

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 

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Jan 11, 202312:55 PM MST on Jan 11, 2023

NOAA report details growing total of weather and climate chaos biting deep into U.S. economy

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