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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 inOpinion Columns

Opinion: When Denver temperatures plunged below zero, my heat pump kept my home at 70

by Dan Esposito 1:30 AM MST on Jan 19, 20236:54 PM MST on Jan 18, 2023

Advances in technology have created heat pumps that can withstand an Arctic blast, at less operating cost than natural gas.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Is the Mountain Collab serious about climate change?

by Art Hirsch 1:30 AM MST on Jan 13, 20237:03 PM MST on Jan 12, 2023

It sounds good on the surface, but is short on detail and feels more like public relations than meaningful policy.

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, 20232:08 PM MDT on Mar 29, 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

Posted inClimate

UN report presented in Denver shows ozone layer slowly healing, hole to mend by 2066

by The Associated Press 2:45 PM MST on Jan 9, 20232:45 PM MST on Jan 9, 2023

The ozone won’t return to 1980 pre-thinning levels until about 2040, the report said. And it won’t be back to normal in the Arctic until 2045.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Climate change is the most critical business issue ski resorts face

by Kate Wilson, Raj Basi, Jay Scambio and Darcie Renn 1:30 AM MST on Dec 31, 20229:44 AM MST on Jan 1, 2023

Our 4 resort companies will speak with one voice to reduce climate and environmental degradation.

Posted inEnvironment

Fossil fuel opponents lose first bid to ban natural gas in new Denver homes

by Michael Booth 3:10 AM MST on Dec 21, 202211:18 AM MST on Dec 21, 2022

Activists and planners still praise new city building codes as progressive, green friendly

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: As global temperatures rise, those who stand to lose the most are those who have the least

by Philip DiStefano 1:30 AM MST on Dec 17, 20225:50 PM MST on Dec 16, 2022

CU convenes a dialog about the link between climate change and human rights.

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Working group will begin exploring rules for controlling the cumulative impacts of oil and gas drilling in Colorado

by Mark Jaffe 3:30 AM MST on Dec 12, 20222:08 PM MDT on Mar 29, 2023

Regulators reacted to the appeal of 6 environmental groups that say data for individual drilling projects isn’t helping solve Colorado’s regional pollution problems

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