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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

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

Federal Grant Complexity Stymies the Energy Transition in Wyoming Coal Country, New Report Finds

By Jake Bolster

The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve

By Noel Lyn Smith

An installer with Namaste Solar secures panels for a photovoltaic solar array system on the roof of a house in Aurora, Colo. Credit: Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Community Solar Buying Programs Provide Discounts and Protections to Homeowners, but Worry Some Companies

By Tim Drugan

A Supreme Court Case About a Railway Could Have Widespread Impacts on U.S. Environmental Laws

By Wyatt Myskow

The state of Utah believes it should be given Bureau of Land Management lands, including the San Rafael Swell. Credit: Bob Wick/BLM

Utah’s Quixotic Bid To Wrest Millions Of Acres From The Federal Government

By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler

Firefighters with the North Fork Fire Protection District add water to burned townhomes on Jan. 1, 2022 after the Marshall Fire swept through Superior, Colo. Credit: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Insurance Insiders Say Regulation and Mitigation Can Keep the Industry from Retreating in Colorado

By Tim Drugan

Hikers set up camp for the evening on June 25, 2020 at Lake Irwin near Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

In a Push to Protect Public Lands in Colorado, Outdoor Recreation Gets a Seat at the Table

By Zoë Rom

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

By Wyatt Myskow

Denver Water is Halfway Through Replacing Lead Pipes. Why Didn’t This Happen Sooner?

By Emma VandenEinde, KUNC

Tourists visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Nov. 1, 2022. The Colorado River flows through the literal giant chasm in Arizona. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Are Separated by a ‘Giant Chasm’ in Negotiations

By Alex Hager, KUNC

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