Four counties in Colorado — Boulder, Eagle, Gunnison and Pitkin — have approved the creation of a special district for installing solar-power systems, but La Plata County officials decided yesterday not to pursue a similar plan, the Durango Herald...

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Rep. Betsy Markey (D-Colo.) sent a letter yesterday to the Environmental Protection Agency asking that public comments be sought on a proposed uranium mine in Weld County, noting that many northern Coloradans are...

Summit County officials signed off last week on a $900,000 deal to purchase a 129-acre mining parcel between Copper Mountain and Fremont Pass to protect it from development, the Summit Daily News reports.

Ski resorts in Colorado and across the West showed marked improvement in environmental ratings for the third year in a row, according to an annual report released today by the Ski Area Citizens Coalition. While the scores for protecting habitat and...

The Bureau of Land Management’s Kremmling field office is seeking public comment on nine commercial recreation permit renewal applications. The applicants include a commercial photography company and several companies that provide guided fishing and...