Environment - The Journal

Natural gas production likely cause of southern Colorado earthquakes, experts say

Raton Basin’s surge in seismic activity since 2001 follows drilling of wastewater injection wells

DATE: Mar 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado oil, gas companies offer $459 million to guarantee wells are plugged eventually

Plans seek to meet new state financial requirements, but some smaller operators hope to put up only a fraction of the needed funds

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado lawmakers seek suspension of Utah oil train project

Sen. Bennet and Rep. Neguse cite East Palestine derailment in calling for further review of Uinta Basin Railway Project

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Exxon drops algae research, but Colorado labs press on in hunt for green fuel

Labs the petroleum giant funded still see potential in algae as a biofuel

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bennet Introduces ‘Protect the West’ Act to address wildfires and drought

Legislation aims to invest in the environment with sustainable financial efforts

DATE: Mar 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado representative, senators want $60B to reduce fire risk, restore Western land

The Protect the West Act is sponsored by Sens. Bennet and Hickenlooper and Rep. Jason Crow

DATE: Mar 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s air pollution permitting process may get stricter

Lawmakers, environmental groups say state agencies move too slow while ozone violations pile up

DATE: Feb 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Insurance companies may let Coloradans replace broken gas appliances with electric models

A bill in the legislature proposes home warranty owners be allowed to make the switch.

DATE: Feb 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The government will pay you $30 an hour to sort through Telluride’s trash

Effort will help towns figure out how to change what people toss and why

DATE: Feb 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Upper Colorado River states land $125 million for pilot conservation program amid drought crisis

The major expansion of a previous experiment will be one of Colorado’s biggest contributions to emergency use cuts on the troubled waterway

DATE: Feb 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Interior secretary hires Native American as legal counsel

SANTA FE – A Native American attorney who oversaw New Mexico's Indian Affairs Department has been tapped to serve as a top legal adviser to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haal...

DATE: Feb 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

‘Not an object to be bartered,’ the Rio Grande is lifeblood for the land

As New Mexico’s largest river dries, pueblos work to preserve it – and to establish their rights

DATE: Feb 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: New Mexico