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A green hillside is broken by a wall of beige sand with the collapsed remains of old buildings at the top and bottom.

Government and Politics

Colorado has tens of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines. Congress just passed a bill to help more groups clean them up

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By fixing a data error, Colorado inches closer to meeting its climate goals

Neal Ashforth shines a light in a new vent at a home in Eagle County.

Government and Politics

Colorado rolls out first phase of a new federally funded program for climate-friendly homes

An acute white building stretches into a blue sky; it's covered with eyeball-shaped openings.

How the first ‘carbon-positive’ hotel in the U.S. is handling a dead tree problem

Colorado map multi-colored with snowflakes representing snow across the state

When can Coloradans expect their first snow?

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Xcel Energy’s plan to replace state’s biggest coal plant could start with renewables and gas — and maybe end with nuclear

By Ishan Thakore and Dan Boyce

Two people stand on a ridge, lined with yellow flowers, above a blue lake and beneath blue skies; they're pointing at a tower of metal installed on the hill.

Evaporation is a big deal in the arid West. Scientists say we should stop measuring it like the 1950s

By Ishan Thakore

Elishevah Sepulveda holds a tray of challah bread headed for the oven

Meet the electric baker trying to make Pueblo the home of climate-friendly challah bread

JK Concepts, a woodworking company in north Denver, was found to have a significant pollution issue during a recent CU Boulder study

How scientific road trips through metro Denver found unexpected sources of air pollution

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CDOT just adopted ambitious new safety, transit and climate goals. Some local leaders are not happy

By Nathaniel Minor

Xcel Energy’s Cherokee Generating Station north of Denver

Utilities have to itemize some political spending in other states. They want regulators to keep it secret in Colorado

By Ishan Thakore

Edwin Zoe, the owner and founder of Zoe Ma Ma and Dragonfly Noodle.

Why electric restaurants could be the key ingredient for cities trying to ditch fossil fuels

Exploring dinosaur tracks in Ouray

The longest track of dinosaur footprints is now public. We got a tour with the grown-up boy who discovered them

National guard troops block a road near a wildfire with a humvee and orange cones.

Colorado wildfires: Evacuations lifted for Quarry fire as rain and cooler weather help firefighters

By Matt Moret and Colorado Public Radio Staff

A line of firefighters walking across a burned area.

Colorado wildfires: Sunday coverage

By Paolo Zialcita and Sarah Bures

An aerial photo of a smoky wildfire covering a mountainside.

Colorado wildfires: Saturday coverage

By Joe Wertz and Colorado Public Radio Staff

A farmer holds two ears of corn in his hands.

Researchers and farmers hope insecticides and STD-carrying moths help Olathe corn farmers defeat a common enemy

COYAC, STUDENTS, LEGISLATURE

These teens want to change the world — starting with Colorado laws

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