
Xcel Energy’s insurance costs are skyrocketing. Customers may soon have to pay for it
State regulators are letting Xcel Energy defer how it accounts for a sharp increase in its liability insurance costs, which have spiked in the years after the Marshall Fire.

Trump orders fuel new uncertainty around Colorado climate and infrastructure projects. Here’s what we know
Hundreds of millions of federal dollars are now at risk as the administration orders pauses to projects across the state.


The Colorado River District was awarded up to $40 million to protect the Western Slope’s ‘top water priority.’ But will they get it under Trump?
President Trump ordered agencies to pause and review certain funding from Biden’s landmark climate laws, which could throw a wrench into the bipartisan-supported effort to secure water rights from the Colorado River.

CSU is getting over $300 million in federal climate dollars to help the nation cut down on methane emissions
Three projects at the university will receive funding via the Inflation Reduction Act.

This climate coalition wants Colorado union jobs to power the switch away from fossil fuels
Climate Jobs Colorado wants to bring together in-state union workers to address climate change and labor rights.

Boulder lawsuit seeking to make oil companies pay for climate change gets potential boost from U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to a similar suit brought by Honolulu, which seeks some compensation from oil companies for the effects of climate change.

Southern Ute Indian Tribe awarded more than $4 million in federal grants to prepare for climate change
The funding, from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, will support two Tribal water projects.

Federal officials have finalized a ‘Western Solar Plan,’ but are changes coming under Trump?
An updated plan seeks to achieve clean energy targets set by President Biden and federal law, but a new presidential administration could change everything.

New research suggests nearly 75 percent of homeowners were underinsured immediately after the Marshall fire
Underinsured homeowners after the Marshall fire delayed rebuilding or opted to sell their homes, according to new research.

Colorado to propose new rules to curb ‘super pollutant’ methane emissions from landfills
In 2025, the state will propose rules to reduce methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills, in order to reach its 2030 greenhouse gas targets.

Why is your Colorado homeowners insurance going up? Ice, fire and a “wildly different” market
Colorado insurance rates are soaring as homeowners await ‘Insurer of Last Resort’ to come online in next year.

Xcel Energy wants a nearly $5 billion grid upgrade to make room for heat pumps and EVs
The plan, required by state law, will be paid for by Coloradans through higher energy bills over the next five years.

Today, US Supreme Court will hear Uinta oil train case that could limit bedrock environmental law
Oral arguments for the case — Seven County Infrastructure Coalition, et al. v. Eagle County, Colorado et al. — will begin at 8 a.m. Mountain today.

Minor levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water samples taken in Leadville and Lake County
The study found no detectable levels in the city’s drinking water supply, but questions remain about the exact source of the contamination.

5 potential options for an increasingly dry Colorado River
Current water use rules expire in 2026.

A coal seam has been smoldering under Boulder County for decades. Crews are finally putting it out
A smoldering coal seam in Boulder that state investigators ruled out as the most likely cause of the Marshall fire is being extinguished thanks to federal dollars.