Environment

Basalt voters will get a chance April 3 to decide if the town should ban plastic grocery bags and charge 20 cents for each paper grocery bag.

DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court must decide if the Obama administration gave energy companies enough notice that it was scrapping Bush-era energy leases near national parks in Utah, the auction for which prompted an environmental activist to...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — A meeting meant to begin organizing Glenwood Springs and Four Mile residents about possible gas drilling in Thompson Divide drew more than 30 people Wednesday.

The recent film, “The Big Year,” may have put bird watching on the map, but that's not how it's done in the Roaring Fork Valley. Linda Vidal, international birder and 20-year member of Roaring Fork Audubon, has identified two...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft finding that it may have detected groundwater pollution in Wyoming resulting from the hydraulic fracturing technique used in modern oil and gas development isn't settled science...

A Carbondale start-up is among 11 companies worldwide tabbed to take on an ambitious global challenge — remove massive quantities of carbon from the atmosphere on a yearly basis.

DENVER (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has issued its final decision approving Christo's art proposal to suspend 5.9 miles worth of fabric over the Arkansas River, with provisions for protecting bighorn sheep and other wildlife.