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Gov. Jared Polis said he will "aggressively explore" all options to avoid a gas price hike, including requesting for an extension.

The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to the highly imperiled Southern Plains bumblebee. Southern Plains bumblebees have declined over multiple decades and are now half as abundant as they were historically. Recent observation records show steep declines in the southern Great Plains states of Oklahoma and Texas and in the southeastern states of Alabama and Mississippi.

Amid record-setting heat waves and increased energy usage, New York is looking to offshore wind developments for a cleaner energy source. The state has 50 so-called "peaker plants," oil and gas-fired power plants operating when there is a larger energy demand. The Town of East Hampton has been working since the mid-2010s to get its power elsewhere. ...

A new lawsuit hopes to reverse the Bureau of Land Managments recent approval of oil and gas lease sales on public lands across eight western states, including nearly 120,000 acres in Wyoming, in part to protect public health. Melissa Hornbein, senior attorney with the Western Environmental Law Center, said regions surrounding federal oil and gas production face dangerous air quality issues - due to methane leaks, ground-level ozone, and toxic benzene released through flaring - that cause direc...

A new Pew Research poll finds Americans are split on how to tackle climate change. In North Carolina, small Black-owned businesses say theyre struggling with how to cope with extreme weather events, and they need help and resources - fast. As Executive Director of the North Carolina Business Council, Vicki Lee Parker-High said shes seen more small businesses forced to close or temporarily suspend operations as a result of flooding, extreme heat, blackouts or severe storms. ...

Colorado's ozone problem is not getting better and it's going to take many steps to improve it, but the problem persists along the Rocky Mountain region.

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject Colorado's plan to bring down air pollution to safe levels because of a loophole allowing oil and gas operators to pollute at will.

Federal and state officials have enacted several laws within the past year to lower ozone levels along the state’s Front Range, but environmental experts say they aren’t sufficient to improve public health.

The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reject Colorados plan to bring down air pollution to safe levels because of a loophole allowing oil and gas operators to pollute at will. Robert Ukeiley, senior attorney at the Center, said smog causes a lot of health problems, and the states record number of high ozone level days has led to increased emergency-room visits for people with asthma and other respiratory illness. &...

A year after health officials issued a record number of alerts for high ozone levels on Colorado’s Front Range, federal and state officials are trying to rein in the gas that can make outdoor activities...