![Chevrolet Volt charges at station](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/06/ap_263489803162-e1625775571396.jpg)
Colorado’s cash-for-gas-guzzlers program is a lot more popular than expected
The program has provided over 1,300 rebates to help low-income drivers purchase electric vehicles.
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By Sam Brasch
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Swiss solar company cancels plans for Colorado Springs factory
Meyer Burger has pulled the plug on a new solar cell manufacturing plant, which was expected to create more than 350 jobs in Colorado Springs.
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By Sam Brasch
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Denver’s public housing authority just took its first big step away from natural gas
A pilot project replaced gas furnaces and water heaters with all-electric heat pumps at a public housing project in west Denver.
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By Sam Brasch
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New videos show three pups born to Colorado’s reintroduced wolves
The footage confirms the state’s wolf restoration effort is making progress, but it’s also driving growing concerns among local ranchers.
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By Sam Brasch
![A worker in a blue shirt points at a heat pump installed outside a Denver home.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/20240813-home-electrification-event007.jpg)
Colorado households are already benefiting from federal climate investments. Expect more discounts this winter
Two years after Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the landmark climate bill is now helping residents pay for green energy projects.
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![South Platte River water arrives at the Peter D. Binney Purification Plant near Aurora Reservoir](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/08/PARCHED-COLORADO-RIVER-RECLAIMED.png)
Colorado approves plan to drill new oil and gas wells near Aurora Reservoir
Residents are worried the project could disturb a nearby Superfund site and contaminate a local source of drinking water.
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By Sam Brasch
![White Nissan Leaf EV at Tynan's Nissan dealership.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/PXL_20240718_194708703.MP-EDIT-e1721954794964.jpg)
Yes, Colorado residents can lease a Nissan Leaf EV for $19 per month. Here’s how
The offer is the most extreme example of dealers taking full advantage of Colorado’s generous EV incentives.
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By Sam Brasch
![Six people stand in front of a series of stairs with two flags behind them on poles. One person, Michael Bennet, stands at a podium speaking into a microphone.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/PXL_20240722_163653585.MP_.jpg)
New federal climate grants aim to supercharge Colorado’s plans to electrify buildings
A $200 million award will help decarbonize homes and businesses along Colorado’s Front Range.
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By Sam Brasch
![A view of downtown Denver from the cockpit inside a plane.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/240709-OZONE-FLIGHT-AIR-QUALITY-MONITORING-RESEARCH-SCIENCE-ENVIRONMENT-EMISSIONS-NOAA-SAMBRASCH-05.jpg)
The Front Range can’t shake its ozone problem. Scientists are taking to the skies to figure out why
A new study has federal and state researchers fanning out across the region to track down the sources of the region’s persistent smog problem.
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By Sam Brasch
![Fire truck pulled off to the side of the road with a view of a smoke plume coming up in the distance.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/GSTsN3oXUAAt4HE.jpg)
Crews working to extinguish wildfire southwest of Boulder
A blaze is burning at the foot of the Boulder Flatirons.
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By Sam Brasch
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Denver has a plan to push natural gas out of buildings. Restaurant, hotel, building and propane groups have sued to stop it
The lawsuit comes after a leaked document suggested the case is part of a broader plan to protect a key market for the fossil fuel industry.
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By Sam Brasch
![The Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City with several large pipes and other heavy machinery pictured.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/08/20220817-ENERGY-OIL-SUNCOR-REFINERY-HV-0002.jpg)
The EPA is considering a new air pollution crackdown against Suncor’s Commerce City refinery
Inspectors found cracked tanks and other problems. A federally led investigation could signal more scrutiny and steeper penalties.
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By Sam Brasch
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Colorado’s new waste-labeling law deputizes YOU as a compost cop
The goal of the new law is to root out anything that looks compostable but isn’t certified to break down in an industrial compost heap.
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By Sam Brasch
![A view of Denver's skyline on a hazy day.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/220914-DENVER-SKYLINE-CITYSCAPE.png)
It’s officially a hot smog summer along Colorado’s Front Range
Colorado’s ozone season is off to a smoggy start. If the pace continues, it could rank among the worst summers for ozone pollution on record.
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By Sam Brasch
![A bunch of downtown Denver skyscrapers on a sunny, blue-sky day.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/240508-WEATHER-COWX-SUNNY-DOWNTOWN-DRONE-CITYSCAPE-SKYLINE-KEVINJBEATY-01.jpg)
A major fossil fuel group has a plan to sue Denver over its climate-minded building policies
The Mile High City is already facing one lawsuit against its standards to cut emissions from its largest buildings.
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By Sam Brasch
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Boulder is one big step closer to putting Exxon and Suncor on trial for climate change
A Colorado judge rejected the companies’ attempt to dismiss the case, clearing a path for a lawsuit seeking damages for climate-related disasters.
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By Sam Brasch