Environment

State Land Board Names New Director and Rules on Key Land Decisions

June 16, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Colorado State Land Board appoints new director The Colorado State Land Board unanimously confirmed Nicole Rosmarino as its new director during its monthly Board Meeting on June 12. Rosmarino’s appointment finalizes a four month search process that included a national…

Family Scene

I Ate Bugs for Dinner—The Butterfly Pavilion’s Legacies: Invertebrates of Mexico

May 18, 2025 Like 0 redtornado

Recently, we were invited to the opening of the Butterfly Pavilion’s new exhibit, Legacies: Invertebrates of Mexico—a preview night for members, media, and local supporters with a passion for bugs and biodiversity. The evening kicked off with talks from expert…

News

Colorado Asks PUC to Reject Xcel’s Just Transition Plan

May 6, 2025 Like 0 Robert Davis

Plan seeks to add new natural-gas-fired plants and pave a pathway for nuclear energy. Many Coloradans aren’t sold on the benefits. Xcel Energy’s plan to transition away from coal-fired power plants to more renewable energy met resistance from residents and…

Housing

Building More Than Spaces: The Women Shaping Colorado’s Future, One Development at a Time

April 16, 2025 Like 0 Bella

Four women are transforming the streets of Longmont and Boulder, Colorado, by charting their paths in a male-dominated industry: real estate development. Each one has a unique vision they want to bring to life, but what they have in common…

Oil and Gas

Draco Well Pad proposal approved 4-1

March 28, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

The ECMC voted in favor of the plan after an Alternative Location Analysis showed other sites were infeasible The Draco Well Pad proposal from Civitas Resources, Inc. was approved by the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) 4-1 during…

Oil and Gas

ECMC to terminate Phoenix Resources right to operate in Colorado

March 25, 2025 Like 1 Natalie Kerr

The Littleton-based oil and gas operator was found in violation of several orders that will likely lead to its wells being turned over to the ECMC on March 26. Aaron Harber has lived on his sprawling farm on East County…

Local Governing

Draco Well Pad Hearing Postponed with Location Analysis Underway

March 19, 2025 Like 0 Natalie Kerr

Civitas Resources is required by ECMC ruling to consider an alternate location within the Town of Erie. The Draco Well Pad, a 26-well project that would break ground in Weld County just outside of the Town of Erie and drill…

Oil and Gas

The Dirty, Messy Work of Cleaning Up After Oil & Gas in Colorado

February 6, 2025 3 0 Patrick Dillon

There’s something about the words “rules-making process” that almost instinctively causes the vast majority of people’s eyes to glaze over. However, within the glaze of boredom for many, comes real power with significant consequences for our daily lives. The Colorado…

News

Preventing An Energy Collapse Under The 2nd Trump Administration

December 27, 2024 5 1 Trenton Krzyzowski

The Trump administration aims to support the oil and gas industry. Trump’s policy mind has a track record of thwarting environmental activism, and his political allies profit from natural resources. The oil and gas industry have the same priorities, for…

Environment

Book Review: Grizzly Confidential; A Deep Dive into How We Can Learn to Coexist with These Fierce Predators.

December 10, 2024 1 0 Kristen Richard

In a country where more and more once unpopulated landscapes are taken over by apartment buildings and skyscrapers, how do we continue to coexist with wildlife? Especially when the wildlife in question is the grizzly. Creatures who were born to…