Bark beetle infestations slowing but spreading in Colorado’s forests, aerial survey finds
Roundheaded pine beetle damage on the Glade in Dolores County, Colorado.
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Commerce City to become largest Colorado city with full EV trash collection fleet
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 1 day ago
Starting in January, Commerce City will roll out a fully electric recycling and waste collection fleet, making it the largest Colorado city to adopt such a fleet, a city news release announced. In partnership with Republic Services, Commerce City officials...
Kyla Pearce
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Feds order coal-fired Craig power plant to remain open
Scott Weiser
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Updated 16 hours ago
The Trump administration’s energy agency has ordered one of three generating units at a Colorado power plant to remain available for operation amid an impending shutdown of the station and its supplying coal mines. The move is one of the...
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US Rep. Lauren Boebert calls for override vote after Trump vetoes bipartisan Colorado water bill
Marianne Goodland
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Updated 15 hours ago
President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his second term Tuesday, blocking a long-awaited bipartisan effort to finish a southeastern Colorado water project that supporters say is critical to delivering clean drinking water to roughly 50,000 residents of the...
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DIA releases request for information on energy plans
Scott Weiser
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Updated 3 days ago
Denver International Airport officials released a request for information seeking ideas from companies worldwide on clean energy solutions to meet a projected nearly tenfold increase in electricity demand. The surge stems from predicted rapid passenger growth combined with the electrification...
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Winter watering ‘essential’ to tree care as dry, warm conditions continue
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 19 hours ago
Boulder city officials are reminding people that winter watering is essential to keep trees healthy as winter conditions remain dry and warm. Trees that don’t get watered in the winter can cause issues that might not show up until the...
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Colorado eyes shift in particulate oversight amid EV push
Scott Weiser
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Updated 3 days ago
Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division proposed shifting oversight of solid particulates as small as one-seventh the width of a human hair from federal to state-only authority on Dec. 19, citing more than 20 years of compliance with national standards. The...
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Colorado PUC slates January hearings on natural gas plan, transmission line appeal, railroad rules
Scott Weiser
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Updated 7 days ago
The Colorado Public Utilities Commission announced January public comment opportunities on railroad safety rules, natural gas infrastructure, and a major transmission line siting appeal. The hearings form part of expanded outreach efforts the commission launched to increase public participation in...
Scott Weiser
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Pine beetle infestation in Colorado’s Front Range forests prompts action from Gov. Polis
Jonathan Ingraham
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Updated 1 week ago
Pine beetle infestations are quickly spreading across large areas of Colorado’s ponderosa pine forests, evident from aerial surveys conducted by the U.S. Forest Service over the last year. The USFS surveys found beetle infestations in mountainous and foothill regions from...
Jonathan Ingraham
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Xcel customers face steep hurdles in suing over spoiled goods from power shutoffs
Scott Weiser
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Updated 7 days ago
Xcel Energy customers who lost refrigerated or frozen goods during the utility’s public safety power shutoffs face steep hurdles in recovering damages through lawsuits. Colorado law and utility rules issued by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission limit liability for service...
Scott Weiser
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Army pitches plan to use big guns on Piñon Canyon
Mary Shinn
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Updated 2 weeks ago
Artillery and rockets could start booming across the prairie in southeast Colorado if the Army is allowed to move forward with plans to start training with larger munitions at the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site northeast of Trinidad. Soldiers, Air Force...
Mary Shinn
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Colorado congressional Dems reintroduce environmental legislation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two of Colorado’s congressional Democrats have conservation bills heading to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives next week. The Colorado Wilderness Act from U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette and the CORE Act from U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse are among the eight public lands bills […]