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Fire officials worried about elevated wildfire risk following wet spring, record-setting heat dome
An unusually cool and rainy spring has given way to record-high summer temperatures in parts of Colorado — a trend that has state and federal officials concerned about elevated wildfire…
Frisch slams Boebert for ‘anti-military stand’ in National Defense Authorization Act debate in Congress
Democrat Adam Frisch, a former Aspen Town Council member, recently called out his likely 2024 congressional opponent, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, for her very vocal support for controversial culture-wars amendments…
Frisch raises three times as much campaign cash as Boebert — from twice as many individuals
Democrat Adam Frisch, left, raised three times as much campaign cash as U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert last quarter (Colorado Newsline photos). Democrat Adam Frisch raised over three times what Republican…
Western states are deeply divided on conservation rule being weighed by BLM to preserve wildlife habitat
The landscapes overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management are leased for oil and gas drilling, mining, grazing and many other uses. The agency says its proposal to allow…
BLM accused of fast-tracking oil facility expansion in Utah as backdoor way of upping production
A Union Pacific oil train near the Grand Mesa just outside of Grand Junction (David O. Williams photo). A proposal to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to expand the…
Senate hears debate on CORE Act, Dolores River bill as Bennet, Hickenlooper seek protections
A view of the Dolores River in Colorado. (Bob Wick/BLM/Public domain 1.0) Two bills that would establish or expand protections for nearly half a million acres of public lands across…
Down the Line: A by-the-numbers look at just how much proposed Utah oil trains would impact Colorado railroads
Oil tanker cars on a train using the Union Pacific tracks along the Colorado River near Cameo in western Colorado (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline photo). This much is clear: The Uinta…
Colorado, other states start pushing for energy efficiency to reduce emissions from buildings
PORTLAND, Ore. — That building looming on the corner? With a few tweaks, it might help with climate change. States with big commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are beginning…
Down the Line: Uinta Basin oil trains would quadruple hazardous rail shipments through city of Denver
A freight train derailed at the Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City on June 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline) COAL CREEK, Colo. — As trains heading east from the Moffat…
Down the Line: Colorado River headwaters ground zero for inevitable train derailments, oil spills in local streams
An aerial view of the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. (National Transportation Safety Board) At 88 miles long, with a…