A Tour Of Public Lands: Canyoneering In Utah
Originally published on June 15, 2018 6:35 pm Public lands have been in the news a lot this year.
EPA Says States Should Decide How To Regulate Emissions From Coal-Fired Power Plants
Originally published on August 21, 2018 4:24 pm The Trump administration announced a new rule on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, called the ‘Affordable Clean Energy Rule.’
Less Summertime Rain Found To Be Major Contributor To Uptick In Western Wildfire
Originally published on August 21, 2018 9:11 am Over the last 30 years, the West has seen an uptick in the size and frequency of forest fires.
A New Type Of Tick Has Popped Up On The East Coast. Could It Also Be Here?
Originally published on August 7, 2018 3:44 pm A new species of tick, the longhorned tick, has arrived in the U.S.
In Bid To Save Local Journalism, New Project Aims To Replace Billionaires With Cryptocurrency
Originally published on August 8, 2018 2:59 pm The Denver Post wasn’t dying, says Larry Ryckman; it was being murdered.
How Scientists Are Using Lasers To Hunt For Leaky Oil And Gas Equipment
Originally published on July 23, 2018 11:50 am Wyoming and Colorado are in the top ten natural gas producing states.
Amid Regional Newspaper Layoffs, Colorado Journalists Start Something New
Originally published on July 24, 2018 8:34 am The Pew Research Center is reporting that more than a third of large newspapers laid off staff in the last year or […]
Orphaned Oil And Gas Equipment Must Be Plugged Or Cleaned Up, Says Colorado Executive Order
Originally published on July 19, 2018 1:49 pm Colorado Gov.
What’s Fluffy, Squeaky And Interbreeding In The Rockies? Pikas
Originally published on July 16, 2018 10:32 am Pikas are fluffy mammals that live at high altitudes across the West. They squeak when danger nears.
BLM Delays Leasing Land For Drilling So It Can Consult With Navajo Nation
Originally published on July 12, 2018 1:11 pm The Bureau of Land Management planned to lease about 18,000 acres of land in southern Colorado for oil and gas drilling.
Giant Firefighting Aircraft Is Based In Colorado, But Has Yet To Fight Fires In That State
Originally published on July 10, 2018 9:11 am One of the world’s biggest firefighting aircraft is based in Colorado Springs.
Cold War Weapons Testing Made People Sick. Now, More Mountain West Residents Could Be Compensated
Originally published on June 27, 2018 2:00 pm Nuclear testing during the Cold War sent radioactive fallout far away from the actual test sites.
Can We Drink Rain? Researchers Take A Look
Originally published on May 24, 2018 12:25 pm Until fairly recently, it was illegal to harvest rainwater in Colorado.
To Limit Gerrymandering, Colorado Redistricting Decisions May Go To Voters, Not Politicians
Originally published on May 29, 2018 9:39 am A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers kicked off an anti-gerrymandering campaign this month.
Concerns Continue Over Possible Drilling Near Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
Originally published on May 31, 2018 10:33 am Voices continue to mount against the Trump administration’s plan to lease land for oil drilling near the Great Sand Dunes National Park […]
Supreme Court Sides With Colorado Cake Maker, Cites State Hostility
Originally published on June 4, 2018 6:45 pm In the summer of 2012, fiancés David Mullins and Charlie Craig tried to order a wedding cake from a shop in a […]
