Colorado’s early snowmelt is a preview of a hotter future
Expect a longer wildfire season and major headaches for state water managers.
Lawsuit: Dismantling NCAR is part of President Trump’s ‘campaign of retribution’ against Colorado
The complaint comes from the consortium of universities managing the 66-year-old research center headquartered in Boulder.
High winds close schools, highways across the Front Range and create perfect wildfire conditions
Highway closures related to 70mph wind gusts.
In the West, snow drought is pushing cross-country ski areas closer to a breaking point
Cross-country ski areas are doing their best to adapt, but they lack the same tools available in the far bigger downhill skiing industry.
In Colorado, a fossil fuel company has drilled four miles deep, toward a geothermal future
A federally funded project is testing whether the same techniques used to extract fossil fuels could help mine heat from the Earth’s crust.
Fire in Thornton near I-25 and US 36 contained, evacuations and road closures lifted
The Thornton Fire Department says there were five non-critical injuries, including four firefighters and one civilian.
Will Colorado give data centers a warm embrace, or a cool reception?
As community resistance to data centers grows, Colorado legislators weigh competing visions on the issue.
Don’t expect recent storms to pull the Mountain West out of its extreme snow drought
Colorado’s mountain range has received feet of snow, but it’s not enough to relieve record-low snowpack
Officials respond to fast-growing grass fires on the Eastern Plains during red flag weather
A fire in Weld and Morgan counties is contained, and evacuation orders have been lifted.
Colorado bill would require renewable energy for new data centers to guard against rising energy bills
The legislation comes as a rival bill seeks tax incentives to encourage the energy-hungry developments.
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
A male wolf died during a capture and collaring operation in northwest Colorado
Out of the 25 wolves brought to Colorado, only 13 survive.
Colorado power providers challenge Trump order blocking coal plant closure
A petition is asking the U.S. Department of Energy to allow Craig Unit 1, a power plant in Moffat County, to close.
As the Trump administration targets NCAR, scientists rally to defend the ‘mothership’ of atmospheric research
A letter published by the National Science Foundation asks for ideas to dismantle the research hub. Scientists are responding en masse.
Why a climate startup plans to inject liquid manure a mile deep in Weld County
By burying agricultural waste deep underground, Vaulted Deep, a carbon removal startup, promises to keep climate-warming emissions out of the atmosphere.
Colorado won’t release wolves this winter after failing to find a new source population
After the Trump administration blocked plans to capture wolves in British Columbia, other states weren’t willing to offer their own carnivores.
