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Colorado’s recycling rates are atrocious. Here’s how one Denver-area restaurant is trying to change that.

The state remains stuck at 16% reuse, only half the national average, but new laws on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers may boost efforts

DATE: Nov 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How is Colorado doing on cutting carbon emissions? Not great, state analysis says.

To meet ambitious 50% reduction by 2030 requires tougher limits on fossil fuels, more free transit and denser land planning.

DATE: Nov 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s latest tool to fight forest fires: Mushrooms

Infusing slash and wood chips on vast forest floors with mycelium could dampen fuel and improve soil quality, enthusiastic researchers say.

DATE: Oct 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado passes mandate for 82% electric vehicle sales by 2032

Colorado renewed and expanded its mandate for electric vehicles to take over the state new car market in coming years, passing a requirement for EVs to make up 82% of dealer lots by 2032. Th...

DATE: Oct 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado is peddling $2.5 million to communities launching their own e-bike rebates

The state will match local funding for popular electric bike discounts speeding off the shelves in Denver and other big cities

DATE: Oct 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bulldozing at Barr Lake has birders flapping over Colorado priorities

Colorado Parks & Wildlife does not own the reservoir where century-old cottonwoods were scraped and bird watchers now see a wasteland

DATE: Oct 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: News

Colorado could ban sale of gas-powered mowers and blowers beginning in 2025

Such a move would be a way to get real ozone cuts by 2026, when EPA demands kick in

DATE: Apr 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Four Colorado mountain lions died from avian flu, but mammal crossover has slowed

Bobcats, skunks, foxes and a bear have all died of the bird disease, but state wildlife officials say trends are better now

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA’s new PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ could have implications for Colorado

Fed agency issues long-awaited mandatory drinking water caps for the toxic chemical

DATE: Mar 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

EPA blames Utah for Colorado ozone pollution

Federal agency won’t approve Utah’s clean air plans until they stop violating “good neighbor” rules

DATE: Mar 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s air pollution permitting process may get stricter

Lawmakers, environmental groups say state agencies move too slow while ozone violations pile up

DATE: Feb 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Insurance companies may let Coloradans replace broken gas appliances with electric models

A bill in the legislature proposes home warranty owners be allowed to make the switch.

DATE: Feb 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News