Dolores water rates will increase to bolster infrastructure improvements
They’ll go up $10 a month
Environment
Colorado transportation, water infrastructure projects receive federal funding
Money will support improvements across the state
What to ask your real estate agent about water in Colorado
Attorneys, developers and real estate brokers share an inside look at the questions buyers should ask
Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites
The Energy and Carbon Management Commission, a regulatory agency formerly known as the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission, continues to investigate whether the potential misconduct has resulted in environmental damage…
Bill to clean up thousands of abandoned mines passes Congress
Good Samaritan law will empower states, nonprofits to tackle abandoned sites
Biden adds to list of national monuments during his term
There's an appetite for more
The Western Slope just asked for federal climate dollars to buy crucial water rights. Trump wants to roll back the funding
The Dolores River was flowing at 3,400 cfs on May 10, 2023. (Jason Blevins/The Colorado Sun) A $99 million plan to buy and permanently preserve some of the oldest water…
Bennet introduces bipartisan carbon dioxide removal tax credit bill
Reimbursements could be issued for direct and indirect capture methods
Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026
Announcement offers no recommendation about how to divvy up water from the river
Why now might be the best time to buy an EV in Colorado
Tax credits about to shrink; dealers offering mind-boggling discounts
Colorado still has a middling recycling rate, but residents are wasting less overall
Colorado’s recycling rate is still less than half the national average, but residents produced slightly less municipal waste in 2023.du1-i-syn A new report shows Colorado’s recycling rate is still less…
How a second Trump administration might reverse drilling and energy restrictions on public lands in Colorado
Bureau of Land Management lands near Gypsum. The BLM has proposed a rule that would elevate conservation on public lands in the West. (Hugh Carey/The Colorado Sun file)cca Newly minted…
What people in Mancos think about mining in the La Platas
An exploration company found over a billion pounds of copper in La Plata Canyon, but it’s not guaranteed it will be mined
New rules for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Some activities now limited to designated travel routes
In La Plata Mountains, possibility of copper mining has neighbors anxious
Metallic Minerals faced stiff opposition at a community meeting in Breen
Some residents want end to Durango’s fluoridation of drinking water
Health experts defend nearly 80-year practice
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe awarded $9.6 million grant for land management improvements
The grant will help alleviate the effects of drought while improving water usage
Southwest Colorado tribes seek federal funds for A-LP water delivery
Lawmakers urge Bureau of Reclamation to consider options
Talk of persisting inequities prevails at Fort Lewis College screening of ‘Ute Water Legacy’
Rocky Mountain PBS documentary series episode was shown Wednesday
Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects
State can currently keep up to $29 million; measure would remove that cap