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The Velvet-Wood Mine is located southeast of Moab and just miles from the Colorado state line. It hasn't been operational since the 1980s, but it's now become part of the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up mineral extraction and energy production.

In Palisade’s Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, farmers are finding ways to conserve Colorado River water through hydropower and partnerships—even as aging canals and frozen federal funds pose challenges.

Congress may cut $6.5 billion in climate funds from the Inflation Reduction Act, risking clean energy jobs and projects across Colorado and beyond to fund Trump-era priorities.

Colorado lawmakers won't move forward with a bill requiring investor-owned utilities to eliminate their climate impact by 2040. Meanwhile, Diné citizens march to protect Navajo water.

Freshman Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) is sponsoring a bill that would require Bureau of Land Management field offices across the west to adopt plans that would open up more lands to oil and gas drilling.

Under the Biden Administration, the Bureau of Land Management developed a rule that prioritized conservation as a use on its public lands, equal with other uses like mining and grazing. While lauded by public lands and environmental advocates, many in the Trump Administration oppose the policy.

A first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant is coming to Wyoming. That was the news announced last month by Governor Mark Gordon and the leaders of two major…

A fire broke out in a coal silo at a power plant near Farmington, New Mexico, on Saturday afternoon, but it was quickly contained and no one was injured.…

The San Juan Generating Station in northern New Mexico closed two of its four units last week as part of a long-term plan to comply with federal…

The Navajo Nation has announced that it has identified some potential buyers for the Navajo Generating Station in Page, Arizona. The current owners of the…