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Study finds peculiar tie between warm climate, slow snowmelt
Global warming could mean that mountain snow melts at a slower pace, researchers said Monday, a peculiar finding that might be bad news for the West and other regions that...
Study: Global warming is drying up the Colorado River — vital to 40 million people
Global warming is already shrinking the Colorado River, the most important waterway in the American Southwest, and it could reduce the flow by more than a third by the end...
Boulder County, state near showdown over drilling moratorium
Boulder County and Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman were on the brink of a legal showdown Friday over the county's moratorium on oil and gas drilling.
Methane “hot spot” over Four Corners linked to oil, gas production sites
Most of the methane sources contributing to a puzzling concentration of the greenhouse gas over the Southwestern United States appear to be natural gas production facilities, scientists said Monday.
Western Colorado has 40 times more natural gas than thought
Experts say the Piceance Basin has 40 times more natural gas than previously thought, potentially making it the second-largest formation in the country.
Colorado’s new, higher oil and gas fines are biting industry
Colorado is imposing heftier fines on energy companies as the state struggles to resolve conflicts between growing cities and big oilfields at their doorstep.