Environment - The Durango Herald

1 in 3 new cars sold in Colorado last quarter were electric as buyers chased expiring tax credits

Consumers scrambled to buy before a $7,500 federal credit expired on Sept. 30

DATE: Oct 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest Colorado targeted for coal mining

The federal government in the past few weeks celebrated announcements that target the Telluride area for coal mining, while canceling funding to help sustain coal mining and natural gas dril...

DATE: Oct 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

New Mexico officials to hold update on San Juan generating station cleanup

PNM pollution cleanup plan delayed until November

DATE: Oct 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

City officials encourage residents to ditch the car for national Week Without Driving

Durango joins communities nationwide to promote alternative commutes

DATE: Sep 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drought drives mosquitoes from mountains to La Plata County

With fewer places to lay eggs, blood suckers are on the move

DATE: Sep 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New study finds eastern Colorado is drying faster than the Western Slope because of climate change

Trend could amplify division that has defined state’s water politics for more than a century

DATE: Sep 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico’s billion-dollar oil field orphans

Recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years

DATE: Sep 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Durango residents urge city to take reducing greenhouse gases more seriously

Climate Study Group presents two-step plan with over 70 signatories

DATE: Sep 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

New state grant for plugging oil and gas wells will help close Colorado’s budget hole

Closures will save money on regulation, environmental costs and help soften blow of federal funding cuts

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gasoline spill near Durango now estimated at 97,000 gallons, making it Colorado’s largest since 2016

New number comes after the state and Southern Ute Indian Tribe questioned Enterprise Projects original estimate of the spill, 23,000 gallons

DATE: Aug 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado River Program’s new director ‘cautiously hopeful’ about interstate negotiations

Celene Hawkins practiced in tribal nation projects, conservation efforts

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Marginal gas wells to be plugged throughout Colorado

State grant will reimburse operators for costs

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

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