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Colorado upgrades electric vehicle plan as sales topped 10% market share in 2022

Colorado upgrades electric vehicle plan as sales topped 10% market share in 2022

More than 1 in 10 new cars sold in Colorado in 2022 were electric vehicles, and state officials on Thursday laid out their plans to accelerate a “large-scale transition of…

Colorado lawmakers cite Ohio spill in formal attempt to block federal support for Utah oil trains

Colorado lawmakers cite Ohio spill in formal attempt to block federal support for Utah oil trains

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse of Colorado on Monday wrote a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to formally suspend federal authorization of…

Colorado, West warms to geothermal energy as way to achieve clean power climate goals

Colorado, West warms to geothermal energy as way to achieve clean power climate goals

Editor’s note: This story first appeared on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY, Colo. — In Colorado’s quest to transition to renewable energy, the…

Protect the West Act would pump $60 billion into western wildfire mitigation, watershed protection

Protect the West Act would pump $60 billion into western wildfire mitigation, watershed protection

A bill introduced in Congress this week by Colorado Democrats would allocate $60 billion in federal funding for efforts to protect vulnerable forests and watersheds and mitigate wildfire risk throughout…

New P3 state office seen as key to solving Colorado housing crisis, including at Dowd Junction

New P3 state office seen as key to solving Colorado housing crisis, including at Dowd Junction

Colorado has a housing problem. As a whole, the state is short 127,000 housing units, the seventh worst gap in the nation, according to a recent analysis. Gov. Jared Polis…

Colorado Democrats unveil historic set of firearm safety regulation bills

Colorado Democrats unveil historic set of firearm safety regulation bills

Colorado Democrats unveiled a highly-anticipated slate of bills Thursday that aim to curb gun violence in the state by restricting who can possess a firearm and when they can purchase…

Hickenlooper, Bennet push for DeJoy to come see how bad things are at Colorado post offices

Hickenlooper, Bennet push for DeJoy to come see how bad things are at Colorado post offices

U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper of Colorado wrote to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy seeking prompt solutions to continuing mail delivery issues in Colorado communities. In the Feb. 23…

New bill would move Colorado towns to front of line for multi-family affordable housing purchases

New bill would move Colorado towns to front of line for multi-family affordable housing purchases

Local governments in Colorado would gain the ability to purchase multifamily properties before private bidders as long as they commit to use them for affordable housing under a recently introduced…

‘Everybody against California’: Deal on sharing Colorado River water will be tough to reach

‘Everybody against California’: Deal on sharing Colorado River water will be tough to reach

Editor’s note: This story first appeared on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Western state water officials will spend the next few months trying…

Grand County dismissive of Eagle County lawsuit seeking to block oil trains from Utah

Grand County dismissive of Eagle County lawsuit seeking to block oil trains from Utah

Conservationists and elected officials in neighboring Grand County, where the Colorado River originates, say Eagle County will likely “never get what you want from a lawsuit” trying to stop oil…