Xcel Energy wants a nearly $5 billion grid upgrade to make room for heat pumps and EVs
The plan, required by state law, will be paid for by Coloradans through higher energy bills over the next five years.
Today, US Supreme Court will hear Uinta oil train case that could limit bedrock environmental law
Oral arguments for the case — Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado et al. — will begin at 8 a.m. Mountain today.
Minor levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water samples taken in Leadville and Lake County
The study found no detectable levels in the city’s drinking water supply, but questions remain about the exact source of the contamination.
A coal seam has been smoldering under Boulder County for decades. Crews are finally putting it out
A smoldering coal seam in Boulder that state investigators ruled out as the most likely cause of the Marshall fire is being extinguished thanks to federal dollars.
The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding
A landmark $99 million bipartisan deal to purchase Colorado River water rights relies on federal funds that President-elect Trump promised to rescind.
How a second Trump administration might reverse drilling and energy restrictions on public lands in Colorado
New rules designed to strengthen conservation and restrict drilling on public lands may be rolled back under President-elect Trump’s Department of Interior.
Endangered cloned ferret gives birth, in a first for conservation
Scientists say the births of two ferrets are the first time a cloned endangered species has reproduced in a conservation program.
Ban on mountain lion, lynx and bobcat hunting defeated
The proposition would have imposed penalties for hunters who continue to kill big cats, including barring them from holding state hunting licenses for five years.
The insurance crisis isn’t just coming for your home. It’s coming for Xcel Energy
Xcel’s liability insurance, which covers damages from wildfires, is jumping an estimated 400 percent. The company wants Coloradans to pay it.
Judge rules Denver Water’s permit for Gross Reservoir expansion violates federal laws, orders alternative to flooding wetlands and forest
The ruling throws a wrench into the project, which broke ground in 2022 and was on track to raise the height of the existing reservoir’s dam by 125 feet.
Xcel Energy’s plan to replace state’s biggest coal plant could start with renewables and gas — and maybe end with nuclear
Some environmental groups are skeptical.
Evaporation is a big deal in the arid West. Scientists say we should stop measuring it like the 1950s
There’s both a scientific and legal reason to better understand evaporation.
Appeals court rejects lawsuit, says northern Colorado reservoir project can move forward
The Colorado Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit from environmentalists last week that sought to force Larimer County to reevaluate a massive northern Colorado water project, which would eventually supply […]
Regulators say they need more time to consider Xcel Energy’s complicated and costly wildfire plan
Xcel Energy said it understood that regulators needed more time to review the plan, but cautioned that “the frequency and scale of the wildfire threat continues to grow.”
Two oil and gas companies orphaned a record number of wells in Colorado last year, records show
Individual oil and gas operators deserted a record number of oil and gas wells in Colorado last year, according to a new report from state regulators. Omimex Petroleum, Inc., surrendered […]
