Colorado conservatives speak up on fires, climate
The conversation on hurricanes, wildfires and other symptoms of climate change has been dominated by the left, but some conservatives in Denver are speaking up.
Scientists Watch Pikas Living In Colorado’s High Alpine Areas For Clues On Climate Change
“Pikas rely heavily on alpine habitat and so they’re considered an indicator for how climate change may be affecting the alpine ecosystem. So they’re essentially...
40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River. It’s Drying Up Fast.
On a 110-degree day several years ago, surrounded by piles of sand and rock in the desert outside Las Vegas, I stepped into a yellow...
Where Dark Skies Draw Star-Gazers, Wildfire Smoke Spoils the View
The high, lonesome dunes that run up against the Rocky Mountains at 7,500 feet above sea level in southern Colorado are a long, long drive...
How to cut carbon emissions while advancing environmental justice in the US West
Cutting carbon emissions is a must to combat climate change. But policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions as quickly as possible aren’t always aligned with...
Colorado’s Subalpine Forests Are Dying from Extreme Heat
This is the case in the high-elevation woodlands of the Colorado Rockies, where warmer and drier conditions encourage bark-beetle outbreaks and more extreme wildfires. However,...
Driving an Electric Car on Colorado’s Scenic Byways
Unless you are one of the estimated seven percent of Americans who own an electric vehicle, it’s pretty hard to take a scenic, emissions-free road...
Why this mid-June stretch of hot temperatures in Colorado is different
Temperatures soared to 98 degrees in Denver Monday afternoon - way above the average high of 82 degrees for mid-June, but shy of the record of 102...