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Several Cities Convert To LED Streetlights In Conservation Efforts

By Grace Hood • Nov 21, 2016

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One Year After A Toxic River Spill, No Clear Plan To Clean Up Western Mines

By Grace Hood • Aug 4, 2016

One year ago — on Aug. 5, 2015 — an EPA crew at the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of orange water filled with mercury and arsenic.

The toxic spill flowed into the Animas River, eventually running into New Mexico's San Juan River and into Lake Powell. So far, disaster response and water quality monitoring have cost the EPA about $29 million — and the problem isn't over yet.

To Preserve History, A National Park Preps For Climate Change

By Grace Hood • Jul 26, 2016

Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado is known for its iconic cliff dwellings, but archaeological artifacts left by the Ancestral Pueblo are all over. Rocky remnants of homes and farming sites are scattered throughout the dense pinyon juniper forest.

Colorado Leads U.S. In Control Of Methane Gas Emissions

By Grace Hood • May 13, 2016

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Get Ready To Pay More To Enter Some National Parks

By Grace Hood • Oct 1, 2015

The cost of getting into some national parks increases on Thursday.

The rates will go up despite the fact that visitation at parks is up, which means bigger crowds, congested traffic and busier visitor centers. But more people aren't translating into a big boost for park budgets. For example, visitation at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado is up 20 percent so far this year and Yosemite, Yellowstone and Zion are also seeing double-digit increases. The parks are also seeing the strain. About 100 parks are planning an entrance fee hike.

Sage Grouse Does Not Need Protection, U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Says

By Grace Hood • Sep 22, 2015

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Coloradans Raise Environmental Concerns Of Proposed Reservoir Projects

By Grace Hood • Aug 11, 2015

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EPA Evaluates Impact Of Wastewater Spill In Colorado

By Grace Hood • Aug 10, 2015

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Flood Damage Repaired, Aging Congregation Still Faces Challenges

By Grace Hood • Jan 1, 2015

This is part of a series of stories about starting over, profiling people who, by choice or circumstance, reinvented or transformed themselves.

Chapel of the Interlude is a fitting name for a church in the middle of a narrow, winding canyon.

In 1969, benefactors built the intimate wood-paneled structure to provide an oasis next to one of the busiest roads leading to Rocky Mountain National Park.

As Ballot Deadline Looms, A Muddied Debate Over Colo. Fracking

By Grace Hood • Aug 4, 2014

"Hello. Are you registered to vote in Colorado?"

It's a refrain many in the state have grown to loathe this summer — heard outside their favorite grocery store or shopping mall as signature gatherers race toward an Aug. 4 deadline to put four energy-related measures on the November ballot.

With two of those measures backed by environmentalists, and the other two by industry-supported groups, all of the energy talk is leading to confusion among potential voters.

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