Michael Booth
Position: The Colorado Sun

A Colorado family tried to save their cattle ranch by betting big on rare birds. It’s paying off.

From getting the folks at Audubon to certify the ranch as bird-friendly, to selling carbon sequestration credits for the tall grass, the May Ranch near Lamar is modernizing stewardship.

Colorado may have more sites with dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ than any other

A new analysis of an EPA database shows demand for PFAS in fracking and other industries puts Front Range at the top of the contamination list.

Colorado closes popular stretch of Yampa River to fishing amid Western Slope drought

State Parks and Wildlife shuts down a key stretch below Stagecoach Reservoir far earlier than in recent years

Groups demand Polis remove Colorado Air Pollution Control director

Whistleblower complaint accuses regulators of telling staff to falsify records

Dollars, not politics, are driving Colorado’s embrace of solar energy

Installing solar utility generation is now cheaper than wind or natural gas-fired plants, and far cheaper than new coal generation

‘5-star’ exemptions in Mesa County open to other Level Red Colorado counties

Data from Mesa County’s pilot will determine if variances can be extended elsewhere