Environmental politics

Regional News

Firefighting shift focuses on sage grouse in West

Male sage grouse fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. As one of the West’s worst…

September 21, 2015

Local News

‘I can take the long view’

Lachelt says regulation is best way to represent gas, natural lands

September 13, 2015

Local News

Mining reclamation may be a pipe dream

Financial, technological hurdles slow progress

September 1, 2015

Local News

Antiquated mining law hamstrings cleanups

back 143 years, few mandates exist for reclamation

August 30, 2015

Local News

‘Not all mines are created the same’

Minerals in La Plata Mountains mines not equal to San Juan Mountains mines

August 29, 2015

Local News

Silverton, San Juan officials seek to clarify Superfund position

Federal listing should be on the table for Gold King Mine

August 26, 2015

Local News

‘Insufficient’ planning cited in EPA investigation of Gold King Mine spill

Water flows out of the Gold King Mine last week north of Silverton. A blowout at the mine could have…

August 26, 2015

Nation & World

Boaters mapping Pacific garbage arrive in San Francisco

ship carries massive white bags filled with plastic garbage

August 23, 2015

Local News

Sediment issues a big uncertainty

Toxicologists dissect EPA’s water samples

August 22, 2015

Local News

EPA likely not prepared for scope of Gold King Mine blowout

releases redacted documents

August 22, 2015

Local News

Residents get water-quality assurance after Gold King Mine spill

Issue-related breakout tables give Durangoans specific information

August 20, 2015

Business

Judge denies N.M. drilling injunction

U.S. District Judge James Browning issued his ruling late Friday. An environmental group said Monday it plans to appeal. The…

August 18, 2015

Local News

Presidential candidate to tour Animas River on Tuesday

Republican contender will make campaign stop in Durango

August 17, 2015

Local News

Is the Animas River really clean?

Environmental groups worry about long-term effects

August 15, 2015

Regional News

13 states ask federal judge to postpone new water rule

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a motion late Monday in Bismarck seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the…

August 10, 2015

Local News

Colorado faces clean-air rule from EPA

Officials must craft state-specific plan

July 21, 2015

Local News

N.M. power plant extension called ‘devastating’

Federal officials approve operations at area coal facilities

July 21, 2015

Regional News

Colo. joins water battle

sue over feds’ authority on state water

June 29, 2015

Local News

Village at Wolf Creek faces hurdle

Environmentalists want court to halt Forest Service land swap

June 24, 2015

Business

Trade pitch fails to sway greens

Environmental allies worry Obama’s pact is a race to the bottom

June 16, 2015

Nation & World

Activists: Decline of elephants in Tanzania is catastrophic

African elephants interact in Tarangire National Park on the outskirts of Arusha, Tanzania. The sharp decline of the elephant population…

June 2, 2015

Business

Coal company fights to mine

Colo. firm’s environmental review must consider global warming

June 2, 2015

$Hydraulic-fracking halt sought in N.W. New Mexico$

Regional News

Hydraulic-fracking halt sought in N.W. New Mexico

Juan Basin one of largest natural-gas fields in the country

June 1, 2015

Local News

Tense land fights prompt new group

Coalition seeks to counter intimidation

May 19, 2015