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Scientists say the ozone hole over Antarctica is no longer growing, the expectation is that it will take decades to recover.

Three decades ago black-footed ferrets were almost extinct. Now, a captive breeding program in Northern Colorado is showing promise.

Secretary Zinke has mentioned public-private partnerships for campgrounds multiple times, including with reporters and at a Recreational Vehicle Industry Association meeting.

The moves four months after investigators linked an improperly abandoned oil and gas flowline to a home explosion that killed two people and injured one in Firestone.

The dramatically falling price of marijuana has cultivators looking to curb costs.

Local governments are exploring what new levels of control they can exert without running afoul of state law.

The company has voluntarily capped and abandoned all of its 1-inch flowlines on vertical wells in the Weld County area.

Officials say Colorado is expected to see $110 million in direct and indirect spending from the retailer show.

Colorado’s Recreation Industry Office, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, Gov. John Hickenlooper and others plan to make a “major announcement” Thursday.

Aspen set the 100 percent renewable goal in 2006 as part of its Canary Initiative, a climate action plan aimed at reducing the city’s carbon footprint 30 percent by 2020.

The authors of a new paper in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences say that to get to zero emissions, the country should look beyond wind, solar and hydropower.

“Most of us never thought we would see a time when basic monitoring would be something that could be on the table in terms of cuts,” said INSTAAR director Jim White.

“We believe any review of Canyons should conclude that no changes to the designation are necessary,” said Republicans Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton in a letter.

If a flowline isn’t regularly tested and properly abandoned, it can cause problems.

An April 17 home explosion in Firestone has renewed attention to the friction between expanding urban areas and oil and gas development.

“We are very saddened by the events in Colorado,” Anadarko president and CEO Al Walker told shareholders. “We are going to work very hard to understand it better.”