Environment

Local News

Bennet calls for ‘strong bipartisan vote’ in favor of Dolores River Canyon protection bill

Proposed legislation rooted in ‘thoughtful compromise,’ senator says

December 2, 2022

Local News

Durango High School students cleanup trash at campuses

tries to promote environmental sustainability in a nonpartisan way

December 1, 2022

Local News

Durango High School promotes sustainability through ‘Zero Waste Week’

Team tries to help community while gaining hands-on learning experience

November 23, 2022

New Mexico

U.S. gives protections to rare Midwest bird as prairie suffers

Prairie chicken’s range includes oil-rich Permian Basin

November 21, 2022

Local News

City of Durango works with 4CORE on Green Business Certification program

Measuring sustainability is tougher than one might think

November 16, 2022

Local News

Neighbors organize to halt Hesperus solar installation

Company plans estimated 500,000 panels in southwest La Plata County, but residents worry about environmental impacts

November 13, 2022

Local News

Table to Farm Compost booms with new subscribers

of Durango partnership helps eco-thoughtful business net 250 more customers

November 3, 2022

Local News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife funds countywide efforts to reduce human-bear conflict

of Durango puts $60,000 toward expansion of secure trash containers

November 1, 2022

Local News

Taxpayers left holding tab for expensive cleanup at Purple Cliffs

Durango and La Plata County go with higher bid to ensure work begins immediately

October 31, 2022

Local News

Wildlife numbers on the decline in Southwest Colorado, plummeting worldwide

Species threatened locally include Gunnison sage-grouse, Townsend’s big-eared bat and Humpback chub

October 27, 2022

Local News

Western tribes march against uranium mill in southeast Utah

Indigenous communities worry about air, water quality; mill owners defend operations as safe

October 24, 2022

Regional News

Wolf Creek Village plan loses third legal fight for access road atop Wolf Creek Pass

billionaire has spent 36 years vying for access to an inholding where he plans a resort village for 10,000 residents

October 24, 2022

Local News

Environmental Protection Agency assesses permanent mine waste repository

Mayflower Tailings Impoundment offers large capacity for sludge created by water treatment

October 5, 2022

Regional News

EPA tells Polis there’s no getting out of selling reformulated gas to fight ozone

has threatened to sue over pricier, cleaner gasoline

September 29, 2022

Regional News

Colorado’s official state fish makes second comeback after previously thought extinct

Wildlife officials report a breeding population of greenback cutthroat trout

September 27, 2022

Regional News

Colorado is falling behind on its mandate to cut greenhouse gases

state assessment shows big gaps in goals for transportation emissions

September 19, 2022

New Mexico

A new mosquito is stalking New Mexico. Is the state ready?

Climate change creates a hospitable environment as United Nations warns of potential for disease spread

September 12, 2022

Regional News

New rules to prevent ‘orphaned’ oil wells could fail to cover cleanup costs, report says

Updated bond amounts could total $1.8 billion, but analysts say system ‘riddled’ with loopholes

September 9, 2022

Regional News

How do you keep Colorado hikers from falling 300 feet down a mine shaft? Foam

1980, officials have gated and plugged more than 13,000 inactive mines

September 8, 2022

Business

Climate damage from oil leases on U.S. land gets second look

put up for sale during Trump administration

September 6, 2022

Local News

Monarch butterfly placed on international endangered species list, but might it be making a comeback?

Western insect population sees surge in 2021

September 1, 2022

Local News

In Durango visit, Hickenlooper calls for rent and eviction protections at national level

Senator tours mobile home parks, 9-R school district bus barn

August 19, 2022

Regional News

With CORE Act stalled, supporters want Biden to use executive action

lands bill has been unable to advance past the Senate for years because of Republican opposition

August 17, 2022

Local News

Colorado grant will provide fire mitigation, learning opportunity around Edgemont Highlands

Southwest Conservation Corps will create defensible space in subdivision

August 17, 2022

Regional News

‘Reach up and touch the stars:’ The dark is starting to shine through Colorado’s astrotourism

Fork Valley Conservancy starts ambitious project to transform park into a nocturnal classroom

August 15, 2022

Local News

Bureau of Reclamation to receive $4 billion to combat drought in Colorado River Basin

Funding will incentivize water-reduction efforts

August 10, 2022

Regional News

Colorado Democrats, environmental groups cheer Senate passage of ‘historic’ climate bill

$369 billion package is a scaled-down version of a $2.2 trillion proposal

August 8, 2022

Local News

Colorado senators express hope for action with climate bill

‘This is a negotiation to try and save our planet’ says Sen. Hickenlooper

August 6, 2022

Local News

Rattlesnake activity picked up slightly sooner than usual in Durango area

Venomous bites should prompt fast trip to nearest hospital

August 4, 2022

Regional News

Microplastics are seemingly everywhere – including Colorado’s snowpack

Samples find growing rate of shredded plastic fibers

August 1, 2022