Bruce Finley

Six in 10 voters across Colorado and seven other western states are more worried than hopeful about the environment's future of nature, with respondents saying climate warming is causing havoc, a new opinion poll has found.

Majority of voters in the West worry about the future of nature, poll finds

February 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m.

Six in 10 voters across Colorado and seven other western states are more worried than hopeful about the environment's future of nature, with respondents saying climate warming is causing havoc,...

Colorado leaders on Thursday unveiled a plan two years in the making to cut heat-trapping air pollution in the state by 90% -- a reduction of more than 100 tons a year -- before 2050 to improve public health and help contain climate warming.

Colorado unveils climate plan to cut heat-trapping air pollution by 90%

January 15, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

Colorado leaders on Thursday unveiled a plan two years in the making to cut heat-trapping air pollution in the state by 90% -- a reduction of more than 100 tons...

Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging -- mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines -- in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests.

Colorado looks to logging to help re-balance forests in an era of climate-triggered megafires

December 7, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging -- mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines -- in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests.

Colorado Prop 114 ballot measure directing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce wolves would set precedent for state voters in driving species recovery.

Colorado Prop 114 results: Wolf reintroduction narrowly ahead with urban votes still to be counted

November 3, 2020 at 11:53 p.m.

Colorado Prop 114 ballot measure directing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce wolves would set precedent for state voters in driving species recovery.

The record-breaking forest fires burning in Colorado even as winter sets in are the latest sign climate change is hitting the West hard, causing scientists to up their rhetoric and warn it is past time to move beyond planning and start aggressively acting.

As Colorado wildfires burn, fears that climate change is causing “multi-level emergency” mount

October 25, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

The record-breaking forest fires burning in Colorado even as winter sets in are the latest sign climate change is hitting the West hard, causing scientists to up their rhetoric and...

Proposition 114 would require the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to create a plan to reintroduce and manage gray wolves -- an endangered species -- on designated lands west of the Continental Divide by the end of 2023.

What’s Colorado Proposition 114: Reintroducing gray wolves

October 7, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

Proposition 114 would require the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to create a plan to reintroduce and manage gray wolves -- an endangered species -- on designated lands west of...

How to adapt to a hotter, drier world is emerging as a do-or-die mission for people living around the arid West.

As San Luis Valley’s water squeeze intensifies, Gov. Jared Polis mulls climate warming adaptation

August 30, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

How to adapt to a hotter, drier world is emerging as a do-or-die mission for people living around the arid West.

Air quality in Denver has deteriorated as residents are barraged with infusions of multiple lung-irritating pollutants -- including ozone, which has spiked in recent days to levels 28% above federal health limits.

Wildfire haze, record heat and pollution combine to make Front Range air quality dangerous for all

August 25, 2020 at 7:37 a.m.

Air quality in Denver has deteriorated as residents are barraged with infusions of multiple lung-irritating pollutants -- including ozone, which has spiked in recent days to levels 28% above federal...

Climate scientists emphasized that average temperatures will continue to increase for decades due to humans burning so many fossil fuels -- coal, gas and oil -- in the past. That means impacts including wildfires, aridity, depleted streams and rivers -- with some variability -- likely will intensify.

Climate change hits home in Colorado with raging wildfires, shrinking water flows and record heat

August 19, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Climate scientists emphasized that average temperatures will continue to increase for decades due to humans burning so many fossil fuels -- coal, gas and oil -- in the past. That...

Hours before a community meeting to mull the best use of money from Suncor Energy's $9 million legal settlement for air pollution problems at its oil refinery north of Denver, a boiler inside the refinery failed Thursday, leading to flaring and elevated emissions that prompted an emergency response.

Suncor boiler fails, causing spike in air pollution at Commerce City oil refinery

August 13, 2020 at 7:14 p.m.

Hours before a community meeting to mull the best use of money from Suncor Energy's $9 million legal settlement for air pollution problems at its oil refinery north of Denver,...

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