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Southwestern states agree on plan to manage overtaxed Colorado River

DENVER – Seven southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River have reached landmark agreements about how to manage the waterway amid an unprecedented drought, including...

DATE: Oct 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Top Colorado Democrats object to Trump plans for oil and gas drilling

DENVER – Top Colorado Democrats on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of rushing to open public lands to oil and gas drilling without giving the public nearly enough time to comment. ...

DATE: Sep 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business

Colorado says it has cut methane leaks as Trump eases U.S. rules

State’s inspection program began in 2014

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Effort to curb oil, gas drilling gets on ballot

DENVER – A contentious proposal to tightly restrict the location of new oil and gas wells in Colorado attracted more than enough petition signatures to qualify for the November ballot, elect...

DATE: Aug 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge asked to keep public away from ex-nuclear weapons plant

DENVER – A retired professor testified Tuesday he found evidence that billions of particles of plutonium had escaped from a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado and settled on land that ...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

U.S. delays decision on drilling near Great Sand Dunes park

DENVER — The U.S. government on Tuesday delayed a decision on a contentious proposal to allow oil and gas drilling near Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado, saying it first w...

DATE: Jul 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado to adopt California’s stricter car pollution rules

DENVER – Colorado’s governor on Tuesday ordered his state to adopt California’s vehicle pollution rules, joining other states in resisting the Trump administration’s plans to ease up on emis...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado utility plans to retire coal plants, add renewables

DENVER – Colorado’s largest electricity provider said Wednesday it wants to retire two coal-fired units a decade early and nearly double the share of power it gets from renewable sources. ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Business