Environment - The Journal

Trump picks oil and gas advocate from Colorado to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma now leads Denver-based trade group Western Energy Alliance

DATE: Feb 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

San Juan College aims to train students on uranium mine cleanup

A new program at San Juan College in Farmington could finally help get abandoned uranium mines cleaned up in the Four Corners region, while also helping people who have lost their jobs amids...

DATE: Jan 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

17 Colorado environmental projects are in limbo after Trump halts spending

Residents thought they had millions coming their way for projects now, the future is uncertain

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwestern Water Conservation District awarded $25.6M grant

Money will fund projects supporting aquatic ecosystems during periods of drought

DATE: Jan 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Uranium proposal elicits memories of past contamination

Grants Energy plan leads to concerns about groundwater impacts

DATE: Jan 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

Colorado regulators haven’t found a clear motive or pattern to explain why two environmental consulting firms allegedly falsified soil and water quality results on behalf of the state’s larg...

DATE: Dec 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Biden adds to list of national monuments during his term

There's an appetite for more

DATE: Dec 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Colorado still has a middling recycling rate, but residents are wasting less overall

A new report shows Colorado’s recycling rate is still less than half the national average, but residents produced slightly less municipal waste in 2023, offering a small bit of hope to recyc...

DATE: Nov 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News