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Nationally, the CDC is seeing a widening gap in mortality rates between urban and rural communities.
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The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last month threw out previous rulings and affirmed the Forest Service’s approval of a road accessing the island of private land atop Wolf Creek Pass.
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Angel Mollel was adopted as a teenager by an aid worker who lived in Colorado. As a teenager, she launched a non-profit in Denver to improve the lives of people in her home village–especially women and girls.
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A group of tribes that use Colorado River water sent a list of principles to the federal government amid contentious talks about how to share the shrinking supply.
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Gov. Jared Polis and top Democrats announced an agreement with the fossil fuel industry and environmental advocates to avert a ballot box fight in November. As part of the deal, lawmakers scrapped more aggressive regulatory proposals in place of two new bills, with just days left in the legislative session.
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A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record for the season on Sunday in the Sierra Nevada.
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The funding will go towards building and maintaining residential solar installations on a number of reservations.
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The Biden administration has released a beta version of the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas, a massive mapping project that visualizes conservation efforts across the country. The Atlas is intended to show progress toward the administration’s goal of conserving or restoring 30% of American territory by 2030.
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Thousands of immigrant workers survived perilous conditions to build the transcontinental railway – a new monument wants to make sure we don’t forget about them.
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In annual reports sent to Dark Sky International, Utah’s national and state parks list light pollution from development and tourism as the main threat to maintaining their certification.
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Fifteen years after the EPA said greenhouse gasses are a danger to public health, the agency finalized rules to limit climate-warming pollution from existing coal and new gas power plants.
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“How large would Colorado be if I used a giant rolling pin and rolled it flat to 1 inch thick?”
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Roughly half a million dairy calves were transported from seven states in the upper U.S. to calf-rearing operations in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas in 2022, according to an investigation conducted by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), creating potential health risks for animals and people.
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The long-anticipated rail line aims to hit 200 miles per hour on the track and connect riders from Southern California to Las Vegas in about two hours, less than half the time it takes to drive. Brightline West is the private company behind the project.
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The new law grew out of a teen harm reduction movement in Durango, and several Durango teens helped write the bill. It provides good samaritan protections for teens and eliminates liability risk for schools and districts.
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The isolation and independence of Colorado’s farmers and ranchers contribute to higher rates of suicide. New programs, including one in Mancos, aim to raise awareness and access.
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Researchers have found the sound that soot makes under bright light can be used to assess the impact of wildfires.
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A bill that would reform transparency and accountability around police misconduct, especially between officers, was introduced this week with just days left in the legislative session.