Environment
As pandemic hammers its finances, Vail pulls out of state cloud seeding program
Vail Resorts says it can't afford to cover 20% of the $1.5M Colorado spends to trigger more snow and ultimately more water.
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Colorado oil and gas regulators finalize new rules for the drilling industry — and themselves
Lucy Haggard Energy Primary category in which blog post is published
Three coal-burning power plants in Colorado face orders to close early. Their owners aren’t happy about it.
Mark Jaffe Energy Primary category in which blog post is published
Agricultural water contaminated with “forever chemicals” could taint produce, Colorado study finds
Michael Booth Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Forest Service OKs access road to Eagle County community surrounded by public land. But not the one developers wanted.
Jason Blevins Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Chaffee County calls for more time, study of contentious Nestlé water-bottling plan
Chaffee County's three commissioners want to measure the potential impact of Nestlé’s proposal to pump, truck and bottle up to 65 million gallons of water a year
Front Range residents tossed out 28% more trash than their rural Colorado neighbors last year
Recycling report from Eco-Cycle shows Colorado recycled less last year and created more trash
U.S. Forest Service approves protection of Colorado’s Sweetwater Lake, but big questions remain
Interior Sec. David Bernhardt’s order on Friday requires new provisions for Land and Water Conservation Fund allocations, further clouding the Great American Outdoors Act.
Denver aims to raise awareness of steadily worsening air quality on the Front Range
Metro Denver has this year recorded the highest number of particulate warning days — the form of pollution exacerbated by wildfire smoke — in at least 10 years.
Air pollution, asthma rates in Colorado’s San Luis Valley are a growing concern
About 14% of San Luis Valley children suffer from asthma, which is a medically significant higher number than the 12% U.S. average. Can monitoring air quality help?
States, land managers still waiting for details on conservation funding under Great American Outdoors Act
Congress promises its own Land and Water Conservation Fund funding plan if Trump Administration federal land managers don’t provide specifics. “Apparently, they’ve already lost their interest in taking care of our public lands,” said Colorado’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet.
In southwest Colorado, high tech plays in the mud to produce ecologically sound architecture — and art
Combining age-old materials like adobe with the wonders of 3D printing, two California-based artists create museum-worthy homes
Tri-State increases the amount of greenhouse gases it will cut in Colorado by adding wind and solar generation
Colorado's second largest electricity provider is now on par with other utilities for carbon dioxide reduction, but it will need to stop buying coal-fired power from elsewhere to do it
Colorado’s Arapaho and Roosevelt forests will reopen Tuesday after 19-day closure due to wildfire threat
People will once again be able to access U.S. Forest Service lands in Boulder, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Grand and Larimer counties
