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NOAA Cuts Weather Balloon Launches Due to Staff Shortages After DOGE Layoffs

By Dennis Pillion

New Study Shows Extreme and Far-Reaching Impacts of Sackett Ruling on Federal Wetland Protections

By Lauren Dalban

Can Colorado Keep Its Momentum on Climate Action as the Trump Administration Pulls Back Federal Support?

By Wyatt Myskow

Trump Executive Order Streamlines Mining Permits. Environmentalists Fear What Comes Next

By Wyatt Myskow

What a $660 Million Verdict Means for Greenpeace and the Environmental Movement

By Nicholas Kusnetz

‘An Unlikely Coalition’ Failed to Expand Rooftop Solar in Wyoming. Lawmakers Plan to Try Again

By Jake Bolster

$A view of a large fracking operation with the Front Range of Colorado in the background in Loveland, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images$

Colorado Will Require Oil and Gas Companies to Increase Water Recycling for Fracking

By Jake Bolster, Martha Pskowski

The Colorado River flows out of Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir, on Dec. 16, 2021. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Questions and Confusion as Trump Pauses Key Funding for Shrinking Colorado River

By Alex Hager, KUNC

New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West

By Jake Bolster

An oil pump jack operates near a suburban neighborhood in Dacono, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

As Activists Mobilize Against Drilling, Oil and Gas Operators Sour on Colorado

By Jennifer Oldham, Capital & Main

Trump Has Thrown a Wrench Into a National EV Charging Program. Can He Make It Disappear?

By Lee Hedgepeth, Aman Azhar, Jake Bolster, Lisa Sorg, Sarah Mattalian

With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy

By Jake Bolster

After the Feds Kept Grizzlies on the Endangered Species List Last Month, State Leaders Try to Remove Them

By Jake Bolster

Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators

By Jake Bolster

Chris Bowers (right) surveys a site where nonfunctional turf is being replaced on the University of Northern Colorado campus on Jan. 15. The landscaping change will bring water use on that patch of campus down from about 3 million gallons each year to 1 million. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Replacing Grass Can Help Save Water, but Just How Much?

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The Colorado River flows through the Shoshone diversion structure on Jan. 29, 2024. A group trying to purchase Shoshone's water was set to receive $40 million from the federal government. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC/EcoFlight

Money for the Colorado River Faces an Uncertain Fate Under Trump

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Wildfire Rebuilds Are an Opportunity to Build More Resilient and Sustainable Homes. But That Comes With Controversy

By Wyatt Myskow

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