Sam Brasch

Colorado plans to release up to 15 additional wolves this winter

Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on Friday that it has finalized an agreement with conservation officials in British Columbia to secure up to 15 wolves for the next stage of its controv...

Colorado’s cash-for-gas-guzzlers program is a lot more popular than expected

It’s been a year since Colorado launched a program to offer lower-income drivers generous discounts on electric vehicles in exchange for ditching their old gas- or diesel-powered cars. So fa...

The deal behind Colorado’s oil and gas deal: No new drilling policies until 2028

A grand bargain Gov. Jared Polis announced last week isn’t only intended to avert the current showdown over oil and gas development in Colorado. The political truce is engineered to prevent ...

Colorado lawmakers scale back legislation to limit local control over renewable energy projects

A new bill introduced in the Colorado Senate last week cautiously wades into a growing debate over community opposition to utility-scale wind and solar projects. An early version of the legi...

Ballot proposal to protect furnaces and gas stoves in Colorado is dead – for now

Political group did not file petitions by April 18 deadline to put measure on ballot

Colorado’s reintroduced wolves have killed four more cattle in Grand County

This marks the largest cluster of livestock losses since reintroduction in December

How much money can you save on home electrification projects? Colorado has a new tool to add up incentives

Colorado residents have a new tool to estimate how much they could save on electric appliances like heat pumps and induction stoves by taking advantage of a growing number of financial incen...

How a former state Republican became one of Colorado’s biggest climate hawks

Sen. Kevin Priola backed a drilling ban that many of his fellow Democrats couldn’t stomach

Colorado launches a $450 e-bike rebate for everyone. So why aren’t many bike shops participating?

Program requires retailers to float costs of discounts for up to a year

Colorado scientists develop a laser to measure cow burps

A new study suggests an instrument developed in Colorado could clarify an urgent mystery facing the planet: the amount of climate-warming pollution wafting out of cows and other farm animals...

Colorado lawmakers prep legislation to limit local power over wind and solar projects

Colorado lawmakers are drafting legislation to ensure local governments can’t derail the state’s ambitious plans to transition to carbon-free energy sources like wind and solar. While Democr...

Why Xcel Energy’s push to expand EV incentives has divided climate and consumer advocates

Buying an electric vehicle could soon be even cheaper for millions of Coloradans. The state already offers generous programs and tax benefits to offset the cost of a new plug-in vehicle as a...