
Proposed NOAA budget would shutter Boulder’s world-class climate research laboratories
The plan follows through on Project 2025, which called to radically shrink the agency’s research arm.

By Sam Brasch

Yes, Colorado has fireflies, and scientists are decoding their bioluminescent blinking
CU Boulder researchers are working to understand Front Range firefly populations, which put on evening light shows for a brief period between late June and early July.

By Sam Brasch

How the Republican budget bill could shatter Colorado’s clean energy boom
By phasing out incentives and imposing a new tax, the proposed legislation could raise the price of solar and wind projects.


Colorado’s Western Slope braces for a weekend primed for wildfires
The National Weather Service has issued red flag warnings for most of western Colorado amid forecasted heat and high winds.

By Sam Brasch

Severe thunderstorms and hail sweep Colorado’s Front Range, Eastern Plains on Tuesday
The National Weather Service in Boulder has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for southern Weld County and Denver International Airport.

By Sam Brasch

To protect livestock, Colorado might feed roadkill to its most problematic wolves
The strategy is meant to distract a pack away from calves in Pitkin County, where ranchers are growing increasingly frustrated with the state’s controversial reintroduction program.

By Sam Brasch

Trump’s latest budget proposal could gut climate and weather research in Colorado
If Congress approves the proposal, it could force Colorado’s federally funded labs and university partnerships to jettison staff and key programs.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado joins multi-state lawsuit to protect rules mandating electric vehicle sales, cleaner diesel trucks
The legal action comes the same day President Trump signed resolutions to block states from enforcing the clean transportation policies.

By Sam Brasch

Utilities warn Republican budget bill would increase energy costs for Colorado households
Colorado electricity providers say that repealing tax credits designed to support wind and solar would leave them little choice but to increase energy prices.

By Sam Brasch

Why Colorado wildlife officials killed a wolf suspected of preying on Pitkin County livestock
The decision marks a turning point in the state’s controversial wolf restoration program.

By Sam Brasch

Ranchers want a ‘notorious’ wolf pack killed after a series of alleged livestock attacks near Aspen
The Colorado Cattlemen’s Association claims the Copper Creek Pack killed at least two calves ahead of and during Memorial Day weekend.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado environmental justice groups are struggling to keep their projects alive after federal funding cuts
The cuts include $20 million for a new climate resilience center in southwest Denver and money for trees along I-70 in Globeville.

By Sam Brasch

A tornado wrecked a Colorado solar farm, but the damage shouldn’t have any impact on utility customers
On Sunday, a tornado in Bennett, Colorado, tore through Pioneer Solar, an 80-megawatt facility owned by a cooperative delivering power to Castle Rock and other nearby communities.

By Sam Brasch

Another reintroduced wolf has died in Colorado, but surviving animals may have pups
The fatality marks the seventh death since Colorado began reintroducing wolves more than two years ago.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado Supreme Court clears a path for a major climate lawsuit against Suncor, Exxon Mobil
The case filed by Boulder and Boulder County seeks to force the fossil fuel companies to help pay for climate-driven disasters.

By Sam Brasch

A Boulder-based startup wants to put Colorado at the center of a greener steel industry
Electra has a plan to make climate-friendly iron for the steel industry, which is responsible for at least 7 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

By Sam Brasch