Environmental politics

Local News

County commissioner supports methane rule in D.C.

Lachelt wants end to unfettered flaring

April 29, 2016

Local News

Environmental Protection Agency proposes Superfund for San Juan County

to address toxic leaks in wake of Gold King Mine spill

April 10, 2016

Local News

Tipton urges need to get America back on track

Congressman laments federal agencies’ decrees

March 31, 2016

Local News

The growing clout of the Hispanic vote

Latinos make up 21 percent of the West’s electorate, and election-day turnout is on the rise

March 31, 2016

Local News

Gov. Hickenlooper seeks action on mine cleanups

‘Time is now’ to move on West’s abandon, leaking hard-rock mining sites

March 29, 2016

Local News

Clouds again hang over rain barrel bill in Colorado Legislature

Committee chairman delays vote amid water-rights concerns

March 27, 2016

Local News

Aztec granny leads ‘Toxic Tour of Hell’

hours spent viewing the worst of oil and gas impacts

March 15, 2016

Local News

Scalia was Supreme Court’s leader on limiting environmental rules

A conservative legal foundation fears its winning streak may be over.

February 23, 2016

Local News

New leader steps up for the American Lands Council

Montana lawmaker takes over lands transfer group, as a new tendril of the movement emerges

February 16, 2016

Local News

Western states react strongly to Supreme Court stay of Clean Power Plan

states stop all work on cutting greenhouse gases but others forge ahead

February 16, 2016

Business

New methane rule has support in northern New Mexico

aspects of BLM’s proposed regulation taken from Colorado law

February 16, 2016

Local News

Time to update methane regs?

of four public hearings nationwide to be held Tuesday in Farmington

February 15, 2016

Business

Greater Superfund involvement sought

Downstream users call for listing

February 8, 2016

Local News

Senate fails to overturn presidential veto of water rule resolution

Colorado senator vows to fight

January 25, 2016

Local News

Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah

110 Mexican gray wolves now roam portion of Arizona, New Mexico

January 21, 2016

Local News

D.C. lawmakers meet inside Colorado mine

Congressional hearing held underground highlights Gold King spill

December 18, 2015

Local News

Disagreement between Colorado and EPA over Gold King Mine spill lingers

Federal agency continues to insist that the state played a role

December 10, 2015

State Nation World

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

focus on protecting farmworker

October 1, 2015

Local News

Mining reclamation may be a pipe dream

Financial, technological hurdles slow progress

September 3, 2015

Business

State rebrands anti-pot campaign for kids

This image, made from a website launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, shows part of the…

August 24, 2015

Local News

Inmates help restore wilderness

Because heavy machinery isn’t allowed on Rock Creek Trail, Ken Waugh, an officer with the Dillon Ranger District, hooked up…

August 24, 2015

Local News

Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world’s media

The New York Times on Aug. 11 featured full-page coverage of the Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River,…

August 24, 2015

Local News

N.M. power plant extension ‘devastating’

Federal officials approve operations at area coal facilities

July 23, 2015

Local News

State faces EPA rule

A dragline moves dirt in the Lowe Pit of Navajo Mine. Colorado health officials are preparing to create a state-specific…

July 23, 2015