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Colorado Unveils Detailed Plan to Restore Wolverines to High Country

19Jan

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Colorado Unveils Detailed Plan to Restore Wolverines to High Country

By Spencer Wilson | CBS Colorado Colorado Parks and Wildlife has released more information about how, where, and why it plans to reintroduce wolverines into the state and why wildlife officials say Colorado is critical to the species' future. The 106-page report details the plans behind the bipartisan effort. The state confirmed plans to reintroduce wolverines in 2024, but until now, many of the specifics had not been made public. The newly released plan outlines a multi-year strategy, highlighting distinct differences between this effort and Colorado's controversial gray wolf reintroduction. Colorado currently has no resident wolverines. CWP said in the report that the species was wiped out nearly a century ago through poisoning, trapping, and "pre...

Colorado Moves to Enforce Major Utility Emissions Cuts Despite Cost Concerns

14Nov

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Colorado Moves to Enforce Major Utility Emissions Cuts Despite Cost Concerns

By: Shannon Ogden | Denver7 The PUC will require utilities like Xcel Energy to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 41% by 2035. DENVER — Environmental groups are celebrating a win in Colorado after the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) agreed to tougher standards on greenhouse gas emissions from Colorado utilities like Xcel Energy. At a meeting Wednesday, commissioners decided to require utilities to reduce these pollutants by 41% by 2035. Sierra Club Colorado was one of the groups arguing for these higher reductions. "I think we should feel proud that we pushed them on this. I think we're really happy with the 41% because it keeps us moving," said Sarah Tresseder, energy organizer of Sierra Club Colorado. In 2021, Colorado passed the first-in-the-nation "Clean Heat Law" r...

Going nuclear: Local support grows for Colorado’s next energy chapter

5Aug

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Going nuclear: Local support grows for Colorado’s next energy chapter

By Shaina Cole | Contributing Writer, Rocky Mountain Voice As Colorado pursues its climate goals, communities in the northwestern energy corridor are beginning to take a different approach. Instead of relying only on wind, solar, or state mandates, local leaders are turning their attention to nuclear energy as a viable solution. A new report from the Northwest Colorado Energy Initiative (NCEI), released in June 2025, documents months of public engagement across Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt, Mesa, and Montrose counties. The report explores whether these communities would be willing to consider participation in the federal government’s consent-based siting (CBS) program for spent nuclear fuel storage or reprocessing. The report does not make any commitments. Instead, it poses foundatio...

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Colorado Unveils Detailed Plan to Restore Wolverines to High Country

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