Environment

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Escalante Middle School students educate community on anti-idling

Durango School District implements new environmentally friendly policies

March 10, 2024

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Durango native named new executive director of 4CORE

Hill says her primary goal is to build organization’s workforce

March 5, 2024

Regional News

Climate change is erasing decades of air quality improvements. It’s also making Colorado’s air worse

Seen from Red Rocks Ampitheatre, the sun rises over Denver and the Plains as smoke from western wildfires continues to…

February 28, 2024

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Durango Police Department going green with hybrid trucks

orders 14 vehicles in move toward a more environmentally friendly operation

February 26, 2024

Regional News

Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone

“pause” for oil and gas drilling, caps on driving miles, bigger fines for repeat offenders like Suncor are in the…

February 24, 2024

Local News

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

February 23, 2024

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Durango to launch turf grass replacement program encouraging water conservation

Colorado water board grants and Visit Durango to contribute to free landscaping consultations, rebates

February 17, 2024

Regional News

Bipartisan conservation poll shows increasing concern over environmental issues in Western States

Rocky Mountain hazy layers in he late afternoon sun, seen looking west along Interstate 70 from Buffalo Herd Overlook, Sept.…

February 16, 2024

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Southern Utes frustrated about feds’ inaction on medical records issue

Southern Ute chairman says federal Indian Health Service’s ‘characteristic lack of urgency’ exacerbates health disparities

February 10, 2024

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DurangoScape 2024 to focus on native plants and their benefits to region

conference to host area speakers on March 16

February 7, 2024

Local News

National forest accepts second round of comments on HD Mountains drilling

response to public objection, District Ranger opened comment period through Feb. 23

February 3, 2024

Local News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife carries out deer collaring with herd southwest of Durango

collection contributes to understanding of migration patterns, mitigating human-wildlife impacts

January 24, 2024

Local News

End of an era: 75 years of San Juan Basin Public Health

district dissolved Dec. 31, ending a historic enterprise in regional cooperation

January 8, 2024

Regional News

As the world ends the hottest year recorded, scientists say it’s getting harder to predict Colorado’s climate

has received less snow than is typical for this time of year, a stark contrast to last winter

December 31, 2023

Regional News

A new tool designed to put environmental justice on the map in Colorado has faced a rocky rollout

Researchers are working to understand the impact of noise pollution on wildlife, and how to reduce it, in places like…

December 27, 2023

Regional News

2024 forecasts show less water will flow into Lake Powell. Don’t panic, experts say

estimated flow of Colorado River water into Lake Powell, where water for millions of people is stored, has dropped by…

December 27, 2023

Local News

Comments accepted on HD Mountains drilling plan

Responses to environmental assessment accepted through Jan. 16

December 22, 2023

Regional News

How a gas utility fought to keep two Colorado towns hooked on fossil fuels

City Hall in Crested Butte on the Western Slope, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. (Hart Van Denburg/CPR News)Hart Van Denburg/CPR News…

December 22, 2023

Local News

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

December 21, 2023

Local News

La Plata County settles litigation with state over Bayfield landfill

Commissioners concerned over the financial commitment

December 20, 2023

Regional News

Colorado pitches even more “intensity” caps on oil and gas to help fight ozone

Environmental groups hit air regulators’ plan for no enforcement, too much wiggle room

December 15, 2023

Local News

Tesla closer to coming to Durango after city OKs service contract with electric vehicle manufacturer

supercharging stations would be installed at Transit Center

December 9, 2023

Regional News

New EPA methane emissions rules celebrated by some, cause concern for others

rules will limit leaks from over 20,000 oil and gas wells in the Four Corners

December 5, 2023

Local News

City, fire district to tackle prescribed burns in parks and trails around Durango

conditions facilitate winter fire mitigation

December 2, 2023

Regional News

Colorado’s recycling rates are atrocious. Here’s how one Denver-area restaurant is trying to change that.

state remains stuck at 16% reuse, only half the national average, but new laws on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers…

November 24, 2023

Regional News

New federal grants will help Colorado groups address environmental injustices across the state

Kitila Beyan holds up anchotes, a potato-like vegetable, that he grew in the Horse Barn Community Garden operated by Denver…

November 21, 2023

Regional News

Nation and region’s climate worsening, but can still be improved, says new federal assessment

A helicopter picks up mulch to spread in Poudre Canyon, about 50 miles west of Fort Collins, to try to…

November 15, 2023

Regional News

Dam on the Arkansas River near Salida finally removed after years of rescues, drownings and environmental impacts

Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Chaffee County commissioners help fund removal of the dam that has threatened river runners, fish…

November 13, 2023

Local News

Boebert touts legislative wins that Biden vows to veto

Bills, amendments and funding requests pass House

November 10, 2023

Local News

Agreement ends domestic sheep grazing on 100,000 acres near Silverton

Bacteria carried by livestock pose serious threat to Colorado’s bighorn sheep population

November 10, 2023