- Rather than the usual end to Colorado’s fire season, October 2020 marked an unprecedented acceleration.
- The segment of voters worried about climate change has grown despite an economic downturn.
- Democrats in Congress have submitted bills to revive the New Deal program.
- The plan has been months in the making. It only took a few hours to draw criticism.
- If voters approve Prop 114, Colorado Parks and Wildlife would need to put “paws on the ground” by the end of 2023.
- One scientist says, “You want people to think about smoke as a component of the weather.”
- One environmental group says the move attempts to shield the governor from responsibility.
- In early March, state biologists learned a Colorado resident may have killed two wolves in Southern Wyoming.
- The final vote on the new rules could come as early as Oct. 9.
- As the state sets to vote on wolf reintroduction, biologists have signs the animals could already be breeding in the state.
- Months after fires stop blanketing Colorado in smoke this year, the people exposed could still have a higher-than-normal susceptibility to respiratory disease like the flu and COVID-19.
- Gov. Jared Polis decided not to reappoint three of the commission's most vocal advocates for reducing emissions. And a few of the new members have backgrounds related to the oil and gas industry.
- One recent study found Black and Latino communities are exposed to far more air pollution than white neighborhoods in the U.S.
- A boiler at the oil and gas refinery had failed this week, causing a release of steam, flares and “emissions exceedances” — a euphemism that hinted at toxic air pollution.
- Deputy Parks and Recreation Manager Scott Gilmore said the second season of goose removal had ended in city parks. The USDA wildlife biologists contracted by the city removed 517 birds from four locations.
- Big gatherings are still illegal as coronavirus continues to spread. Some places in the state just aren’t about to enforce the law.
