
Climate Researchers Fear The Coronavirus Pandemic Could End Up Politicized
Politics are inevitable, but they could get in the way of a competent public health response.

By Sam Brasch

Denver Health’s Lead Coronavirus Doctor Wants Your Help To Slow The Pandemic
Denver’s hospital of last resort is doing everything it can to prepare for a surge in patients, but it needs help from the public.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado Family Physicians Beg Gov. Polis For A ‘Shelter In Place’ Order
They say it’s necessary to avoid more severe impacts on the healthcare system.

By Sam Brasch

Coming Fossil Fuel Losses Has One Colorado Town Digging For Hope In Fossils. The Dinosaur Kind
Craig, Colo. has long relied on the coal industry, but future mine and power plant closures have put extra pressure on the community to diversify its economy away from fossil fuels.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado Announces $18.25 Million Fine For 2017’s Deadly Firestone Explosion
Colorado oil regulators say it is the largest enforcement penalty they’ve ever sought.

By Sam Brasch

Craig, Colorado Believes In Coal. Now It Needs A Plan To Reinvent Itself
The coming job losses are sobering to Craig Mayor Jared Ogden, but he believes now is the time for the community to put on a positive face.

By Sam Brasch

Colorado Voters Care About Climate Change. This Is Where The 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Stand
Climate voters don’t like Trump, but they’re not too sure what the Democratic candidates have planned to address environmental issues.

By Sam Brasch

Environmental Groups Demand More Aggressive Climate Action From Polis Administration
The state’s new plan calls for a 26 percent reduction in emissions by 2025, 50 percent by 2030 and a 90 percent cut by 2050.

By Sam Brasch

Bernie Sanders Draws More Than 11,000 To Denver Rally
The campaign quickly claimed the event was the largest any candidate has held in Colorado during the 2020 election cycle.

By Sam Brasch

Tests Confirm A Wolf Pack Is Living — And Pooping — In Colorado
State biologists already had strong evidence a pack has been living in Moffat County.

By Sam Brasch

Why Colorado’s Wolf Initiative Is Causing Howls Of ‘Ballot Box Biology’
Opponents of the reintroduction plan see it as an assault on a century-long tradition of North American conservation that lets bureaucrats manage wild animals.

By Sam Brasch

DA McCann Signals No Charges For Protestors Who Delayed Polis’ State Of The State
But will dropped charges for state of the state protestors embolden more climate actions?

By Sam Brasch

Colorado Lawmakers Want A Compromise On Wolf Reintroduction. Ballot Advocates Aren’t Biting — Yet
Reintroduction opponents quickly pounced on the news that a pack had already set up shop in Colorado: If wolves were already living in the state, what was the point of actively releasing them?

By Sam Brasch

Activists Are Trying Once Again To Bring Back Longmont’s Fracking Ban
Voters had approved the ban at the ballot in 2012, but the state Supreme Court struck it down. Now activists hope a statewide oil and gas law passed last year will give them a second chance.

By Sam Brasch

A Colorado Professor Is Warning The World Of Nuclear Winter — Again
Nearly 40 years ago, professor Brian Toon taught the world to fear the climatic aftermath of nuclear war. He’s not done yet.

By Sam Brasch

Despite Prop 112’s Loss, Colorado’s Fracking Foes Are Back With 6 New Ballot Measures
Prepare for round two of the fracking wars.

By Sam Brasch