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Solar users successfully push Colorado Springs City Council to drop planned Utilities rate change
Updated 7 months ago
Dozens of solar power supporters packed the room on Tuesday to ask the Colorado Springs City Council to remove a new charge for net metering...
Federal funding suspended: Palisade sewage lagoon project in limbo
Updated 7 months ago
Overlooked by sloping vineyards and peach orchards, Palisade’s four sewer lagoons will soon stand empty without the $3 million in what is known as B2E...
The greatest aspen drive of all time | Vince Bzdek
Updated 7 months ago
We take a break from our regularly scheduled programming of shutdowns, violence and vitriol this week to take you on a Jeep ride through the...
City in early stages of $1B plan to redevelop swath of Fountain Creek with waterfront parks
Updated 7 months ago
Colorado Springs is in the early stages of a more than $1 billion plan to redevelop a swath of Fountain Creek near downtown for environmental...
Creek Week cleanups give residents role in Fountain Creek water quality
Updated 7 months ago
Final, hopeful journey is underway for Colorado tarantulas
Updated 7 months ago
[PRINT] Cold weather causes burst pipes around Colorado Springs (copy)
Updated 2 years ago
Cold weather causes burst pipes around Colorado Springs
Updated 2 years ago
Colorado Springs collected nearly $1 million in bag fees in 2023
Updated 2 years ago
Lower Basin water managers say its time to fix their supply-demand problem
Updated 2 years ago
Colorado snowpack off to a below-average start
Updated 2 years ago
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Colorado’s oil and gas industry decries new EPA methane rule, which state officials welcome
Updated 2 years ago
While local officials welcomed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 1,690-page final rule that, for the first time, will regulate methane emissions from the oil and...
Scrubbing the atmosphere of CO2 is a massive, expensive undertaking
Updated 2 years ago
The drive to cut carbon emissions to stay within the Paris Accords global temperature limits has spawned an industry dedicated to removing CO2 from the...
Colorado’s $3.1 billion energy upgrade mandate for large buildings could ‘significantly impact’ El Paso County
Updated 3 years ago
Gov. Jared Polis’ $3.1 billion mandate to upgrade energy efficiency in large buildings took effect Sunday, a move a Pikes Peak regional building official said...
Gas-powered lawn and garden equipment on Colorado’s air pollution chopping block
Updated 3 years ago
Colorado’s air quality regulator is considering a new rule that seeks to curb emissions from gas-powered lawn and garden equipment and prohibit their use by...
Fountain Creek watershed officials hoping for large Creek Week turnout
Updated 3 years ago
Colorado energy office reviving ‘cash for clunkers’ with EV incentive (DG PRINT)
Updated 3 years ago
Bureau of Land Management proposal sparks questions from both sides of issue
Updated 3 years ago
Laser-powered fusion research takes a leap at CSU
Updated 3 years ago
Tap water study reveals five problematic ‘forever chemical’ spots in Colorado
Updated 3 years ago
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Colorado free of ‘abnormal dryness’ for first time in 4 years
Updated 3 years ago
The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly update on Thursday showed that no drought is present in Colorado. Perhaps more notably, the report showed that “abnormal dryness,” a...
Colorado Springs pushes drought-resistant landscaping, smaller lawns
Updated 3 years ago
In May of this year, Colorado Springs Utilities partnered with Habitat for Humanity to install water-wise landscaping in two new homes with a goal of...
Voice of the Consumer: Cool tips for surviving summer heat, sun
Updated 3 years ago
I know a lot of us are going to the pool with our kids and spending more time outdoors, so I wanted to share some...
Patience, patience, patience: Colorado Springs-area officials reiterate long road to recovery after storms
Updated 3 years ago
Several Colorado Springs-area officials on Wednesday reiterated extensive infrastructure damage and a long road to recovery in parts of El Paso County and the city...
Colorado Springs Utilities seeks new clean power sources
Updated 3 years ago
Strong snowpack, wet spring turn around reservoir levels across Colorado
Updated 3 years ago
Leaky Colorado orphan oil wells being sealed through public-private partnership
Updated 3 years ago
Lower basin states reach agreement on water cuts from the Colorado River
Updated 3 years ago
Colorado may join in nuclear power generation renaissance
Updated 3 years ago
‘Emergency fish salvage’ issued at lake near Pikes Peak
Updated 3 years ago