Environmental politics

Local News

Durango-area residents weigh in as new rulemaking process for oil, gas regulations begins

meeting marks a change in how state commission functions

February 24, 2020

Local News

Global Climate Strike draws large crowd, in Durango and beyond

Activists join millions of people in thousands of towns around the world

September 20, 2019

Local News

Larry Perino, one of the last Sunnyside Gold employees, announces retirement

Reclamation manager looks back at Silverton’s mining past

April 18, 2019

Local News

Sen. Cory Gardner touts environmental record ahead of 2020 election

‘I don’t just want to sit back and take partisan shots’

March 27, 2019

Local News

Inspiration for Hayduke speaks at Animas High School

Peacock’s life changed by chance encounter with grizzlies

March 1, 2019

Local News

San Juan Mountains protection bill gets another chance

Bennet, Neguse plan to introduce broad public lands bill Monday

January 25, 2019

Local News

Bennet urges Senate to pick up San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act

Colorado senator says it’s time to move bill ‘across the finish line’

December 18, 2018

Southwest Life

Can wild bighorns, domestic sheep coexist in Weminuche Wilderness?

Service says it needs more data before making final decision on grazing

December 13, 2018

Local News

Gardner, Tipton introduce mine-cleanup bill

Legislation is latest attempt to pass ‘good Samaritan’ law

December 6, 2018

Regional News

In twist, Utah ranchers take Fifth in cattle gate case against Durangoan

Cattlemen face investigation on suspicion of kidnapping and false imprisonment

December 6, 2018

Local News

BLM advisory group returns, updated with Trump goals

Changes met with skepticism from some members

September 24, 2018

Regional News

Trump administration officials dismissed benefits of national monuments

The sun sets over Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah. According to recently released document, senior Interior Department officials…

July 23, 2018

Local News

Prosecutors to drop charges against Durango environmentalist Rose Chilcoat

Husband likely to stand trial for closing gate on livestock corral

July 17, 2018

Nation & World

Scandal-plagued EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigns

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday that he accepted the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.Associated Press file With…

July 5, 2018

Local News

How a Utah county turned closing a corral gate into felony charges

Durango couple set to stand trial in May

April 20, 2018

Local News

Sen. Michael Bennet introduces bill to protect 61,000 acres in the San Juan Mountains

Fourteeners, Mount Sneffels and Wilson Peak, would gain protection

April 20, 2018

Southwest Life

Ute Mountain Utes blast member’s testimony against Bears Ears

says comments to U.S. House committee were an inappropriate political ploy

January 31, 2018

Nation & World

Pipeline firm gives $15M toward security costs

A Texas firm that built the Dakota Access pipeline sent North Dakota $15 million on Thursday to help pay law…

September 29, 2017

Local News

Appeals court rules against delay of implementing methane regulations

Colorado had joined lawsuit against EPA

July 3, 2017

Regional News

Energy Office funding cut reveals split on state vision

to be hot topic during the 2018 legislative session

June 25, 2017

Regional News

Rose Chilcoat faces new felony charges for ‘endangering livestock’ in Utah

Chilcoat and husband plead not guilty, tell their side of story in blog post

June 21, 2017

Nation & World

Unlike others, Putin doesn’t criticize Trump about decision

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with heads of major foreign companies at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.…

June 3, 2017

Local News

Withdrawal from climate accord draws mixed reactions in Colorado

Critics say leadership on emission crackdown will have to come from the ground up

June 2, 2017

Nation & World

Senate defeats attempt to undo BLM’s methane rule

Lachelt’s chance encounter may have swayed deciding votes

May 10, 2017