climate
Zornio: Outdoor enthusiasts in Colorado should prepare to face more extreme wildfires
Wildfires are a fact of life in Colorado. With a hot, dry summer approaching, make preparations before you venture into the outdoors.
Boulder climate activist’s self-immolation stirs questions on faith, protest
Wynn Bruce, a climate activist and Buddhist, set himself on fire in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last week.
Climate change may push Colorado, the U.S. toward the “Goldilocks Zone” for West Nile Virus
West Nile killed 11 people and caused 101 cases of neuroinvasive infections — those linked to serious illness such as meningitis or encephalitis — in Colorado in 2021, the highest numbers in 18 years
State lawmakers back off plan to ban sales of gas-powered lawn equipment in large swath of Colorado
Senate Bill 138 was stripped of a provision that would have prohibited the sale or advertising of devices with “small off-road engines” in so-called non-attainment air pollution areas
Carman: Prying the leaf blowers from Coloradans’ cold, dead hands
Senate Bill 138 would make selling gas-power lawn mowers and leaf blowers illegal in some parts of Colorado. They are a plague to our health and our hearing.
Renewable Water Resources wants Douglas County as the first customer for its San Luis Valley water export plan
The start up led by former Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and his former deputy chief of staff Sean Tonner, proposed a $20 million investment of COVID recovery money to lock in future water for Douglas County at rates cheaper than Front Range cities pay today
Colorado dangles free transit on bad pollution days. But will there be anyone to ride? Or drive?
Northern Colorado transit systems struggling to lure back riders can’t restore full service because there aren’t enough drivers and that may be keeping customers away.
Biden administration says oil, gas sales damage climate — but won’t stop them on public lands in the West
The Interior Department says selling oil and gas leases on public land in the West could cost society billions in climate change impacts. But BLM says it is powerless to slow the damage.
Biden administration to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales
The announcement comes as officials are set to hold lease sales in numerous Western states -- including Colorado -- next year amid a fierce debate over federal fossil fuel reserves
From sky to bedrock, researchers near Crested Butte are resetting what we know about water in the West
The mobile observatory is manned by 100 scientists who hope to show how the West can get a better handle on where and when water will be available
Carman: Apocalypse now — Washington keeps dithering while the West suffocates
We need to turn up the heat on corporate America and finally put an end to our feckless political leadership
Interior Department launches review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands
The review also will consider if companies are paying fair value for coal extracted from public reserves in Colorado and other Western states
Carman: In the war on reality, Westminster, Colorado, is Everytown, U.S.A.
Westminster residents are in a water war, and they can tell you all about the connections between climate change, infrastructure and money
What’s behind the heat wave that hit the American West?
A “megadrought" that's partially caused by climate change has sucked the moisture out of the soil through much of the Western United States.
Colorado restaurants are funding farming and ranching projects that suck carbon from the atmosphere
Some see regenerative agriculture as a key way to reduce the amount of CO2 in the air worsening climate change.
Study: Drought-breaking rains more rare, erratic in Colorado and the West
The consequences of the intense dry periods that pummeled the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau were severe — more intense and dangerous wildfires, parched croplands and not enough vegetation to support livestock and wildlife. And it's getting worse.
A disillusioned ExxonMobil engineer quit to take action on climate change. He found his net-zero place in Arvada.
After 16 years of working for the oil giant, Dar-Lon Chang said Exxon would not address climate change. So he quit the sector for good, and began a new low-carbon life.
The road to greenhouse gas cuts: Are Colorado drivers ready?
Power plants and oil drillers are cutting back emissions, now this is the year your car gets involved.
