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Refugees who fled war in Congo thought they’d be safe in Denver — but were met with gun violence
Refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo Eugene Karekezi and Goro Zuwa (short for Zuwayidi Byiringiro) in Denver's East Colfax neighborhood, along with Emmanel Amani, are among the latest of...
In Colorado mountain towns, where affordable housing is scarce, “even living out of your car is gentrified”
Blocked from sleeping in vehicles within municipal boundaries, workers in profit-minded Colorado mountain towns now must seek “safe outdoor space” – in Walmart lots, surrounding woods or new designated parking...
How this tribe survives in Colorado’s worst drought region with as little as 10% of its hard-won water supply
The Utes are surviving, for now, by relying on a unique asset: a mill built in 2014 where tribal crews de-husk, grind and package all the corn they can harvest.
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Chico Basin bird oasis eyed by Colorado land managers as money source for schools
A 135-square-mile patch of state-owned prairie has become Colorado’s busiest oasis for wild bird survival, but a state government agency would like to open up this Chico Basin prairie southeast...
Majority of voters in the West worry about the future of nature, poll finds
Six in 10 voters across Colorado and seven other western states are more worried than hopeful about the environment's future of nature, with respondents saying climate warming is causing havoc,...
Gray wolf spotted in North Park, captured and collared for tracking to study “travel patterns”
Colorado wildlife officials spotted a new 4-year-old male wolf near North Park and had contractors with a helicopter capture it in a net and tranquilize it, then when the wolf...
“We need to act”: Colorado forests primed for megafires without large-scale action, federal managers warn
A recent Colorado State Forest Service study estimates a $4.2 billion backlog in tree-thinning needed to create safety buffers around the most at-risk homes built in woods.
In rural Colorado, a growing push to preserve dark skies as artificial light spills out of cities
The push in Colorado to designate largescale dark sky preserves, and reduce urban light pollution, is gaining momentum amid greater pandemic-driven focus on a long-neglected part of the environment.
Colorado unveils climate plan to cut heat-trapping air pollution by 90%
Colorado leaders on Thursday unveiled a plan two years in the making to cut heat-trapping air pollution in the state by 90% -- a reduction of more than 100 tons...
Denver looks to tree-planting to help shade city as heat islands grow and new greenspace proves elusive
Denver leaders who for two decades have backed densification, paving over greenspace with concrete and asphalt to accommodate more people in the city, now are turning to trees for relief...
Colorado looks to logging to help re-balance forests in an era of climate-triggered megafires
Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging -- mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines -- in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests.
Suncor refinery north of Denver faces state review of outdated permits, plans $300 million push to be “better not bigger”
Suncor's refinery malfunctioned 108 times over the past five years. That's an average of about one breakdown every three weeks -- visible when putrid yellow grit wafts over Denver.
Colorado looks to Biden for help tackling climate and environmental challenges
As climate warming clobbers the West, Colorado officials facing rising costs from wildfires, shrinking water supplies and worsening air pollution are embracing the shift from the Trump administration to a...