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Posted inOutdoors

Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks legislature for $2.2 million to bolster struggling Keep Colorado Wild Pass rollout

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Jan 27, 20234:58 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

Refund requests and challenges to reach vehicle owners outside its “echo chamber” has troubled the launch of the parks pass that underpins CPW’s new financial model

Posted inBusiness

Massive rock slide halts operations at Glenwood Springs quarry. Mine opponents cheer the avalanche of debris.

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Jan 27, 20239:09 AM MST on Jan 27, 2023

Federal and state mining regulators are investigating the rock slide at the quarry owned by Rocky Mountain Industrials, which is proposing a controversial mine expansion

Posted inEducation

Colorado Democrats want to ax social studies from state standardized tests. Here’s why.

by Erica Breunlin 3:25 AM MST on Jan 27, 202310:15 AM MST on Jan 27, 2023

A bill introduced last week would end state testing for fourth and seventh graders, and save the state more than $1 million per year

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, 20238:25 AM 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 inCrime and Courts

Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake

by The Associated Press 4:14 PM MST on Jan 26, 20234:25 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

The owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple’s wedding cake, lost an appeal over his latest case

Posted inCrime and Courts

Judge to rule on Teller County sheriff’s partnership with ICE by end of February

by Olivia Prentzel 2:33 PM MST on Jan 26, 20232:42 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

In closing arguments, ACLU of Colorado says agreement breaks state law, while sheriff’s attorneys counter that after training they are de facto federal agents

Posted inWildfire

Can artificial intelligence help Colorado detect wildfires before they turn into disasters?

by The Associated Press 7:29 AM MST on Jan 26, 20237:31 AM MST on Jan 26, 2023

There are hundreds of AI cameras scattered across California, Nevada and Oregon, and even casual viewers can remotely watch wildfires in real time.

Posted inEnergy

Heat pumps are having a moment in Colorado, but do they really work in the bitter cold? Yes.

by Mark Jaffe 4:45 AM MST on Jan 26, 20231:04 PM MST on Jan 26, 2023

Developed in 1857, tech improvements are making heat pumps a viable element in the contemporary transition to cleaner, more energy efficient homes.

Posted inEnergy

Colorado utility bills are high because of two things state regulators can’t control: Weather and gas prices

by Joshua Perry and Mark Jaffe 4:15 AM MST on Jan 26, 20239:14 AM MST on Jan 26, 2023

State utilities regulators called a hearing to discuss how — and if they can — lessen impacts of frigid weather and pressure in the natural gas market

Posted inEnergy

How Coloradans can find home electrification rebates and save big   

by Michael Booth 3:08 AM MST on Jan 26, 20237:49 AM MST on Jan 26, 2023

We sorted through new and tantalizing layers of federal, state, Xcel and local credits for buying clean heat pumps, water heaters and more

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