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Environment

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Landscaper using a leaf blower to disturb fall leaves

Colorado Unveils First Gas-Powered Landscaping Restrictions

By Catie CheshireMarch 7, 2024

The state’s landscapers aren’t opposed to transitioning to electric equipment, but they want more incentives and a careful rollout before restrictions hit.

Oil well sits in front of blue sky

Lawsuit Alleges Phony Oil Well Sales Avoided Environmental Cleanup

By Catie CheshireMarch 5, 2024

A 2023 study estimated there are almost 60,000 unplugged oil wells in Colorado.

mysterious white spy balloon

Mysterious Balloons Floating Over Colorado Are a Growing Tradition

By Catie CheshireFebruary 23, 2024

The latest balloon probably won’t be the most famous in Colorado airspace history.

Men run happily down a snow-covered trail

Over 100 Coloradans Embark on 24-Hour Race for Better Air Quality

By Catie CheshireFebruary 23, 2024

“The point is to have a greater impact and a greater conversation about these issues that directly affect our health, and have an impact on the nature that we love to go out and run around in.”

colordado mountain with snow, golden aspen

Conservation in the West Poll 2024: People More Worried About Outdoors Than Ever Before

By Catie CheshireFebruary 14, 2024

“What’s striking here is both the breadth and the intensity of support that voters offer for taking action to conserve lands in the West.”

denver airport with tents and blue sky

Denver Airport Comes Clean on Recycling, Composting Efforts

By Catie CheshireJanuary 29, 2024

Preliminary numbers indicate DIA processed 12,000 tons of trash in 2023 and sent 21 percent of that waste to recycling or composting instead of the landfill.

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Madhvi Chittoor at a river cleanup event in Denver.

Meet the Twelve-Year-Old Behind Colorado’s Ban on Plastic Bags and Styrofoam Containers

By Hannah MetzgerJanuary 5, 2024

After seven years, Madhvi Chittoor’s fight to restrict single-use plastic has finally paid off.

What to Know About Denver’s New Compost Carts as Second Wave Rolls Out

By Catie CheshireJanuary 3, 2024

As part of its expanded waste services program, the Mile High City is working to get every household its own compost cart in addition to weekly recycling.

A black wolf sprints out of a gray metal cage.

Gray Wolves Get Paws on the Ground in Colorado as Lawsuits Loom Around Reintroduction Plan

By Catie CheshireDecember 19, 2023

Colorado Parks and Wildlife successfully captured five gray wolves in Oregon and released them in Grand County as part of the state’s reintroduction plan.

man in boat rowing on ocean

Testing the Waters: For Tez Steinberg, No Ocean Is Too Big to Cross for a Cause

By Stephen SingularDecember 18, 2023

The Nederland resident plans to start his 5,000-mile solo row tomorrow to raise awareness – and funds – to combat the effects of climate change.

In the foreground, are basketball hoops. In the background, a fracking rig.

Colorado Nonprofits Call on EPA to Change Grant Process

By Catie CheshireNovember 1, 2023

Cultivando and 350 Colorado were both meant to get money from the EPA before finding out the process was too much of a hassle for the community nonprofits.

Right half of photo shows giant piles of black coal dust. Left half shows level area of regular soil.

Mine Reclamation Project at Trinidad Lake State Park Wins National Award

By Catie CheshireOctober 2, 2023

The West Sopris Soil Refuse Project tackled seven acres of coal waste by the lake.

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Commentary: Celebrating Jimmy Carter, the Founding Father of Electrification

By Sekhar PaladuguOctober 1, 2023

As president, he created the National Renewable Energy Institute in Colorado.

Workers up on an electric pole.

Xcel Energy President Offers Candid Look at Company During Empower Hour

By Catie CheshireSeptember 24, 2023

The president of Xcel Energy Colorado sat down with an environmental watchdog for a heated discussion of the company’s profits and monopoly status.

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Pome on the Range: Boulder Apple Tree Project Bites Into County’s Seedy Past

By Benjamin NeufeldSeptember 5, 2023

This group wants to preserve Colorado’s core values.

The Denver skyline blurred out by gray and brown smog.

Environmental Groups Sue Air Quality Commission Over Permitting Rules

By Catie CheshireAugust 25, 2023

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission got hit with a lawsuit this week challenging a rule for air permits in disproportionately impacted communities.

mountain view from top of fourteener

Opening These Fourteeners Was an Uphill Battle…and Then I Bagged the Wrong Peak

By Bennito L. KeltyAugust 23, 2023

Sermon on the mount: Climbing is a holy activity in Colorado, and I sinned.

A trio of trash bins — one black, one purple and one green — sit on the curb of a sunny residential street.

How Denver Plans to Get Every Apartment, Restaurant and Event to Recycle and Collect Compost

By Catie CheshireAugust 21, 2023

The city is asking residents for feedback on its plan to get more materials recycled and composted instead of heading to the landfill.

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One of the tree removals taking place in Congress Park.

Trees Removed From Congress Park to Make Way for Sidewalks, Over Sixty Could Be “Impacted”

By Benjamin NeufeldAugust 17, 2023

“SACRIFICED in favor of CONCRETE,” reads a makeshift memorial set up at the location of the chopped trees.

cowboy hat landscape mountains

The Carbon Cowboy: James Gaspard Is Fired Up Over Biochar

By Stephen SingularAugust 15, 2023

Can carbon sequestration help cool down global warming?

Large, old Elm trees line many of Denver's historic parkways.

Dutch Elm Disease Is Back in Park Hill, Putting Denver’s Oldest Trees at Risk

By Benjamin NeufeldAugust 11, 2023

The disease devastated the urban canopy in the 1970s, but had disappeared by 2011. Or so the city thought.

Xcel Submits Clean Heat Plan to Reduce Emissions, More Work to Come

Xcel Submits Clean Heat Plan to Reduce Emissions, More Work to Come

By Catie CheshireAugust 7, 2023

The state is requiring all gas utilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and Xcel Energy is up first.

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