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...
Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years
The exceptional drought in the U.S. West has people across the region on edge after the record-setting fires of 2020. Last year, Colorado alone saw...
Denver Releases Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan
The Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency (CASR) released a Renewable Heating and Cooling Plan today showing how Denver residents can heat and...
Governor Signs Trio of Climate Action & Clean Energy Stimulus Bills
Stimulus bills will provide resources to renewable energy projects, clean energy sector workforce development, and energy efficiency projects
Colorado’s compromise climate bill demands emissions cuts for electricity, industry and oil and gas
Colorado has ended its 2021 legislative session with a compromise on climate change legislation being struck between House and Senate Democrats and Governor Jared Polis...
UW Faculty Member Contributes to Study of Unprecedented Rocky Mountain Subalpine Wildfires
Last fall, the Mullen fire west of Laramie raged for the better part of two months, burning more than 176,000 acres and 70 structures in...
Bigger, cheaper, faster: Colorado company advances its technology to harness the wind
A Denver company has tapped a construction technique used in the oil and gas industry to make bigger and cheaper wind-turbine towers faster, setting the...
Xcel Energy To Present Proposed Energy Resource Plan At Boulder City Council Study Session
Xcel Energy officials shared more information about the utility’s energy resource plan, which aims to cut CO2 emissions by 85% by 2030, at a study...