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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…

Beaver Creek soaked in conspiracies, extremism thanks to annual Steamboat Institute confab

Beaver Creek soaked in conspiracies, extremism thanks to annual Steamboat Institute confab

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – In 2005, when Fox pundit Laura Ingraham attended the Aspen Institute, she was widely quoted as saying she was there as a “token conservative.” That quip caught…

White House hopes to curb immigration from Central America via $1 billion in economic development

White House hopes to curb immigration from Central America via $1 billion in economic development

WASHINGTON — The White House Monday announced nearly $1 billion in investments to address economic causes of migration in several Central American countries, an effort being spurred by Vice President…