The Science Behind Colorado’s Historic Avalanche Activity

Colorado has seen an unprecedented number of large avalanches this winter. Is this a product of climate change, abnormal weather, or both?

By Jay Bouchard

Environment

Refill Revolution Wants to Change Your Plastic Habits

By Victoria Carodine

Environment

What Xcel’s Lofty Energy Plan Means for Colorado—and the Nation

By Jay Bouchard

Environment

Nearly 300,000 Acres of Public Land Are Inaccessible in Colorado

By Jay Bouchard

Environment

Can Colorado Burn Its Way Out of a Wildfire Crisis?

By Jay Bouchard

Ozone Levels Are out of Control on the Front Range

But the area's ozone gardens could eventually help fix the problem.

By Jason Plautz

Denver Has a 7,000-Year-Old Archaeology Site Right In Its Backyard

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science is offering hands-on tours of Magic Mountain in Golden, where researchers have discovered artifacts from 5000 B.C.

By Angela Ufheil

How You Can Help Colorado’s Pollinator Population Thrive

Carbondale-based contractor Bob Bailey has released Bee Groceries, packets of organic seeds that provide an important source of protein for honeybees.

By Laurel Miller

CU Study: Household Products Rival Vehicles As Top Air Pollutants

A new study from University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA shows that curbing Denver's air pollution problem might mean not only giving up your gas guzzler, but your favorite perfume.

By Kaelyn Lynch

This Navajo Man Says Tribes Should Decide the Future of Public Lands

Len Necefer thinks tribes should help decide what Colorado does with its public lands. And he's well on his way to making that happen.

By Elizabeth Miller

Colorado Officials React to the Repeal of the Clean Power Plan

The state is still on target to exceed CPP emissions reduction goals, with or without federal leadership, but its repeal will likely hamper cohesive, interstate cooperation to combat climate change.

By Haley Gray

The Coolest Solar-Powered Houses in Colorado

With the Solar Decathlon coming to Denver for the first time, we look back at the innovative homes Colorado teams have built.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Can Invoking God Change The Minds Of Climate Change Deniers?

Boulder scientist Jim White leans on his faith to communicate the urgency of global warming. Are his methods the key to changing minds on climate change—or a Hail Mary?

By Ciara O'Rourke

Are We Loving Colorado’s Wild Places to Death?

If Coloradans want to continue to play in unadulterated wildlands, they’re going to have to learn to better care for them. We show you how.

By Lindsey B. Koehler

The American West Is On Fire

Two new wildfires in Colorado are the latest of more than 80 large fires happening in Montana, Oregon, and Washington, where more than one million acres are already ablaze.

By Jay Bouchard

Why Colorado’s National Monuments Were Spared

And why the threat to Utah's matters.

By Haley Gray

Sun Spotting

While you’re busy watching this month’s solar eclipse, students from five Colorado colleges will be recording it.

By Emily Williams

Katrina Blair’s War for Weeds

One Durango woman’s mission to protect—and eat—wild weeds.

By Callie Sumlin

Vail Resorts Moves to Have Zero Environmental Impact by 2030

With its Epic Promise for a Zero Footprint plan, the Colorado-based ski resort conglomerate commits to reducing the environmental impact of each of its 13 properties.

By Jillian Queri

Hickenlooper Commits Colorado to the U.S. Climate Alliance

The Colorado governor also announced a slew of state-specific policies and goals to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.

By Haley Gray

15 Colorado Mayors Sign Pledge to Uphold Paris Agreement

A total of 353 mayors, representing more than 66 million Americans, have pledged to honor their cities’ current climate goals.

By Erin Skarda

What Trump’s Review of National Monuments Could Mean for Coloradans

The national monument designations for Canyons of the Ancients and nearby Bears Ears are up for review.

By Haley Gray

Denver’s Air Quality Is the 11th Worst in the U.S.

And that’s an improvement.

By Mike Tish

4 Things You Can Expect from the High Line Canal’s Vision Plan

The Community Vision Plan for the 71-mile High Line Canal is complete—and focuses on propelling this 134-year-old trail into the future.

By Ali Longwell

Learn To Love The Prairie

A new webcast shows that Mary Jane isn't the only primo grass in Colorado.

By Nelson Harvey

Was Denver’s Warm Winter Cause For Panic?

The Mile High City’s 2016-17 winter was the eighth hottest on record. Here’s what that really means.

By Mike Tish

Q&A: Billy Barr

The Gothic resident who fled civilization became an unwitting witness to climate change.

By Nelson Harvey

Betting the (Wind) Farm

Xcel breaks ground on a billion-dollar wind farm in Eastern Colorado.

By Emma Murray

Opinion: An Update on Fracking in the North Fork Valley

Eugenia Bone, a nationally known food journalist, cookbook author, and part-time Western Slope resident, gives an update on the continued fight against the industrialization of her community.

By Eugenia Bone

Federal Freeze Leaves Local EPA-Funded Programs In the Dark

While we still don't know much about the freeze, many programs and services in Colorado could be affected.

By Haley Gray

This Astrobiologist Feels Pretty Good About the Planet’s Future

CU Boulder adjunct professor David Grinspoon talks about climate change, environmental trends, and his new book, Earth in Human Hands.

By Mary Clare Fischer

Opinion: The Sun Sets on Western Slope Farms

Eugenia Bone, a nationally known food journalist, cookbook author and part-time Western Slope resident, asks for help in saving her community from the natural gas industry.

By Eugenia Bone