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Major Western cities pay residents to rip out their lawns to...

A new study in 2016 showed that lawns are the largest irrigated crop in America. There are over 40 million grassy acres in the continental...

The balance of power in the Colorado state legislature is up...

The Colorado Senate GOP tweeted a photo on Wednesday that shows Senator Beth Martinez Humenik wearing boxing gloves and blasting the Democrats’ preliminary transportation...

Cry me a barrel: Senate drowns rainwater-collection bill

Collecting rainwater runoff from roofs, to water plants, is illegal, and the Senate just voted to keep it that way. Talk about some good old...

Conservation groups go after Hickenlooper for water bill veto

“This bill was the result of thousands of hours of coalition work over several years. The governor expressed support and then seemingly out of nowhere he turned around and vetoed it.”

House hits blockage on low-flow toilet bill; Senate digs into budget

Notes from the 86th day of the 2014 legislative session.

Senate tamps down on government passive surveillance. House debates minimum wage...

Senate treads thin line between serving justice and protecting privacy with passive surveillance bill While a national debate rages about the eyes and ears of...

State board unanimously adopts uranium mining reforms

Colorado’s Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) Thursday established new rules to protect Colorado’s groundwater during in-situ uranium mining, drawing quick and effusive praise from...

Water gurus converge to slake thirst of exploding Colorado population

Water experts are meeting en masse in Denver today and Wednesday to try to figure out how to plan for an expected doubling of...
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