Closed-door sessions on the EPA’s proposal to cut coal-fired power plant emissions.
Colorado
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Forest Service sticks up for coal mining on roadless lands
The agency will calculate climate impacts of mine expansions in western Colorado.
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A rural utility bucks against its power supplier
In a coal-producing region, this western Colorado co-op fights for renewables.
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Colorado’s snow is dust-free for the first time in a decade
But conditions are still prime for early snowmelt and summer drought.
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Snapshot of a drought in progress
Southwest Colorado’s snowpack is dismal and melting fast.
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Lifties and ski patrol go head to head in Telluride
It’s a Telluride tradition: the annual St. Patrick’s Day lifties versus ski patrol softball game. To understand the magnitude of this yearly matchup, it’s important to understand the social dynamic of these two groups in any ski town. Ski patrol is full of alpha males and females, talented and aggressive skiers—in general only skiers—who have […]
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Drought persists in the Northwest, despite winter rains
Water supplies and drought outlooks are grim in most Western states.
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How ‘amenity migrants’ push out locals
Communities once sustained by local labor now rely on stock market dividends.
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The art – and science – of forecasting wildfires
This model could eliminate guesswork and predict fire according to geography.
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New hope for beetle-killed landscapes
Can native forest fungi combat the West’s bark beetle epidemic?
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Fractivists target Denver to build support
A new campaign launches to stop fracking before it starts in and around Denver.
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National forests to decide where snowmobiles are welcome
A new rule requires the government to specify areas for winter motorized users.
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Plan for a burn at Rocky Flats stirs lingering fears
More from the nuclear fallout department.
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After a ski patroller’s death, a flurry of questions
Forest Service permitting issues complicate a southwestern Colorado tragedy
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Is altitude causing suicide in the West?
Researchers find that high elevations may affect our emotions in both good and bad ways
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As water demand slows, utilities seek new solutions
Will new pricing models be the answer to both revenue problems and water waste?
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Aerial photos of drilling at Pawnee grassland
Oil and gas development has been ongoing for decades in northeastern Colorado.
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The Latest: Protective settlement reached for Roan Plateau
Industry and environmentalists compromised on the embattled Colorado mesa.
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Cities look to farms for help in Colorado River drought
West’s biggest water agencies finalize a major agreement to boost Lake Mead levels.
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A grouse divided
Will new federal protections rescue the Gunnison sage grouse?