Nation & World
Draft climate agreement ready in Paris
More work to be done at midway point of international meeting
Environment
Southwest Life
Dolores River film explores water conflicts common in West
Competing demands on waterway with only so much to give
Local News
Policy adviser at Colorado State University: Clean Power Plan will hit coal industry the hardest
Required reduction in carbon emissions will discourage future plants
Education
Fort Lewis College beats emissions-reduction goal
School exceeds first benchmark of 20 percent reduction
Local News
How tourism officials calculate Gold King Mine spill in ad dollars
If news articles were instead advertisements, cost would have been $4 million
Local News
Groups help restore Dolores River
The area had recently been cleared of non-native tamarisk and Russian knapweed. DRBA coordinated with BLM ecologists and the Tamarisk Coalition as part of the Dolores River Restoration Partnership, which…
Local News
Governor Hickenlooper’s office prepared to assist in Silverton Superfund negotiations
Silverton officials unanimous vote to pursue listing draws praise from environmental groups
Local News
Silverton, San Juan County officials will pursue Superfund
With few options, town will engage Environmental Protection Agency
Local News
Mine tailings a longtime Silverton-Durango issue
“Ranchers and farmers who want to use water for irrigation in the lower valley have always attempted to force the mine and mill operators to keep the tailings from polluting…
Regional News
Feds stand behind report that Colorado agreed to mine plan
State mine agency says no consent given before Gold King Mine spill
Regional News
Drilling boom means more harmful waste spills to come
Five years ago, a broken pipe soaked the land with as much as 420,000 gallons of wastewater, a salty drilling byproduct that killed the shrubs and grass. It was among…
Regional News
Nevada neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules
Plans to acquire this parcel of U.S. Bureau of Land Management Land in the foreground in Washoe County, Nev., for a school next to a residential neighborhood in Sun Valley…
Regional News
Link between Navajo suicides, mine spill not clear
Tribe’s vice president skeptical waste release led to the deaths
Local News
Lawmakers question EPA reports that reference Colorado agency’s involvement with Gold King spill
State officials contradict account
Local News
Superfund tour through Colorado paints positive picture
Durango leaders visit sites in Leadville, Minturn
Local News
Colorado disputes key part of EPA Gold King Mine report
State officials did not sign off on plan, according to letter
Local News
Local officials to tour Superfund sites around Colorado
Visits aim to better understand federal cleanup designation
Local News
Colorado drillers step up to stop methane waste
Apogee Scientific uses technology to detect leaks at wells
Local News
Durangoans weigh in on greenhouse-gas limits
Clean Power Plan hearing comes on day CO2 reaches recorded high
Local News
Property owner disputes ‘dead zone’ finding
State, gas firm finds die off not related to drilling
Local News
La Plata County seeks additional payments to cover spill costs
EPA has already reimbursed almost $200,000
Local News
Bennet, New Mexico lawmakers introduce bill to reform 1872 mining law
Gold King Mine spill prompts action
Local News
Audit: Southwest Colorado has been lagging ‘way behind’ on recycling waste
Five counties drastically trailing both state’s and country’s rates
Local News
EPA working through Gold King Mine spill reimbursements
La Plata County seeking two payments from agency for spill
Local News
Colorado lawmakers pursue mine cleanup bill
Bennet, Gardner and Tipton seek to pass good Samaritan legislation
Nation & World
Goodbye, TP: My experiment in generating minimum trash
This is the trash Darshan Karwat has produced in 2015.The Washington Post The average American produces more than 4 pounds of trash and recyclables per day, about 1,500 pounds per…
Local News
‘Coming Storm’ tour highlights frustrations with EPA
Pollution rules, mine spill stoke anger
Letters to the Editor
Use Lake Nighthorse to fix sewage issue
Since it is apparent that there will be no receational use of the reservoir in the foreseeable future, it should make a very satisfactory repository for the waste from bikers,…
Local News
Guv’s office explains attorney general spat
Coffman says her post a key check and balance