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A really horrifying @samtabachnik.bsky.social story about the death of a 7-year-old adopted son of a Granby police officer and a pledge by some in power to ensure the case was tossed aside. www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/i...

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If anyone in Colorado has experienced something similar, please let me know.

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One day in March, people claiming to be FBI agents knocked on the doors of 6 local climate activists. No one knows why they came, or if they were real agents, but many worry it's an intimidation tactic. Great story from @moranwriter.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/05...

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Don’t call it ‘climate denial,’ Secretary of Energy Chris Wright claims he’s preaching ‘climate realism’ -- nice reporting here from @cprnews.bsky.social's @sambrasch.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2025/05/05/c...

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Another story from Hotspots, our on-going series about communities leading Colorado's geothermal energy boom. This one really brings it home. Across the state, more homeowners and homebuilders are turning to ground-source heat pumps for heating and cooling. www.cpr.org/2025/04/24/c...

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It's fascinating how Sec. of Energy Chris Wright uses Denver's success in dealing with its "brown cloud" as a national example. What he leaves out: the metro area has seen big PM improvements, but its ozone issue has gotten worse due, in part, to oil and gas. www.foxnews.com/video/637176...

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Behold the power of dirt cheap leases and probably some political misgivings about Tesla. Nissan is now the #1 EV brand in CO.

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Curious if Sen. Michael Bennet's support of Energy Sec. Chris Wright will shape the D primary for CO Gov Wright has repeatedly tried to reframe climate change as a good thing. Before voting to confirm him, Bennet praised his "deep expertise in energy innovation." www.axios.com/local/denver...

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BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency. Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

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CPR loses a real one today. @startribune.com, cherish this man and give him a premium bus pass.

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NOW: EPA Region 8 staff organized by AFGE Local 3607 rallying in defense of their jobs after President Trump promised broad layoffs at the agency.

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Here's why hot spring operators are getting worried about a potential geothermal energy rush in Colorado: www.cpr.org/2025/03/21/h...

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Someone egged a cybertruck in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood and wrote “nazi” and drew swastikas on it

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This could be such a great addition to southwest Denver, but sandwiching an outdoor soccer stadium between two major urban highways seems like an air quality disaster. denverite.com/2025/03/18/d...

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It looks like CO's nuclear debate is heating gup. A coalition of environmental groups is calling on Gov. Polis to veto HB25-1040, which would classify nuclear as a "clean" energy resource in Colorado. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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NEW: Nuclear is set to be reclassified as a "clean" energy resource under a bill overwhelmingly passed by Colorado lawmakers last week. Business interests + unions + big utilities backed the legislation. www.cpr.org/2025/03/17/l...

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Trump may have gotten himself a nice new Model S, but his administration isn't interested in buying EVs for federal workers or even maintaining all EV chargers on federal property. www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...

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What's wild is the exact same scientists who originally warned the world about the risks of nuclear winter were at the forefront of modeling climate change. www.cpr.org/2020/01/09/a...

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A Colorado biologist led federal efforts to save endangered black-footed ferrets. Trump fired her last month www.cpr.org/2025/03/05/t... via @sambrasch.bsky.social #copolitics

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NEW: Black-footed ferrets were saved by a federal breeding program centered around Colorado. It was led by Tina Jackson — a USFWS biologist fired by DOGE last month. She's now worried staff and funding cuts could drag the species back to the brink of extinction. www.cpr.org/2025/03/05/t...

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Viva Streets. 2900 block of Larimer. And now perhaps the August First Friday on Santa Fe. Some big Denver car-free spaces and events have dropped to the wayside, but Johnston admin city officials say they remain committed to pedestrians and cyclists. denverite.com/2025/03/04/d...

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Today's the day for Colorado Today! Listen and subscribe to CPR's new daily podcast, out this morning. It's short (less than 15 minutes) and gets you up to date with the top stories around Colorado. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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My latest with Ishan Thakore: NOAA, NWS layoffs hit the agencies' CO today, including a Boulder center monitoring dangerous space weather www.cpr.org/2025/02/27/f...

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Nothing hits quite like an IKEA medium breakfast after an early morning pledge drive shift. 🤌🤌

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CPR News is launching a daily podcast! Our top-notch team has spent months putting together a 10-15 show with all the local news you need to navigate this beautiful state. Check out the trailer and get ready for the launch on March 3. www.cpr.org/podcast-epis...

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Hello Reddit username MattC1973! This is proof I am who I say I am. Thanks for being game to help with some of our reporting.

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Are you a Coloradan looking to buy/recently bought/leased an EV? Did Elon Musk's current activities sway you away from a Tesla? If so, @cprnews.bsky.social would love to talk to you. My DMs are open.

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What has Colorado learned from wolf reintroduction and where do we go from here? Zipped up to Loveland for a panel hosted by @sambrasch.bsky.social at the Rialto Theater. Scheduled to air Wednesday on Colorado Matters!

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Would delisting wolves as an endangered species end Colorado's reintroduction program? No. Here's why: www.cpr.org/2025/02/06/b...

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NEW: Trump orders fuel new uncertainty around Colorado climate and infrastructure projects. Here’s what we know. www.cpr.org/2025/01/28/t... w/ @sambrasch.bsky.social and Ishan Thakore

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Colorado-based Boom Supersonic has set out a vision revive faster-than-sound passenger flight. They got a lot closer by flying a demonstrator beyond Mach 1 today. Just a reminder: success would likely mean a massive increase in climate pollution. grist.org/transportati...

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Colorado, like California, relies on firefighters to help fight blazes. Communities also have rules banning them from joining local fire departments once they've completed their sentences. denverite.com/2025/01/22/p...

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This mostly talks about LA, but is very relevant to Denver and its many freeway-adjacent RTD stations and apartments youtu.be/ohoEW7qggII?...

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This is how CO's Republican congressional delegation is referring to the Canadian wolves CPW has already released somewhere on the Western Slope this week.

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You should sue ExxonMobil for climate change, says retiring ski executive Auden Schendler. The appendix to his new book offers a blueprint. One of the most “aha”-filled chats I’ve had about corporate sustainability, climate change and saving what we love most: w/ @sambrasch.bsky.social

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Surely this is the most Colorado thing to happen today, @kylec.bsky.social.

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Here's one unfortunate lesson LA can learn from CO's Marshall fire. Even if the blaze spares a home, it often bathes the entire structure in smoke and ash. Indoor air pollution can linger inside for months afterward. www.cpr.org/2024/12/31/m...

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Sam Brasch with Colorado Public Radio did a very nice job with this write-up about our recent Marshall Fire papers. @sambrasch.bsky.social @cprnews.bsky.social @ciresnews.bsky.social www.cpr.org/2024/12/31/m...

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Hey everyone! I'm super excited to announce that Denverite & CPR have commissioned me for a shirt collab!!! I'm really proud of how it turned out. Head over to their store right now and cop one for yourself! shop.cpr.org/collections/...

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Colorado has tens of thousands of abandoned hardrock mines. Congress just passed a bill to help more groups clean them up www.cpr.org/2024/12/10/c...

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RTD CEO Debra Johnson thinks Denver is too cold and the food kinda sucks here. Amazing reporting from @nbminor.bsky.social. www.cpr.org/2024/12/10/a...

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CPR News investigates an exodus of RTD senior staff. @nbminor.bsky.social "obtained copies of six settlement agreements between 2021 and 2024 via an open records request. Collectively, RTD paid out more than $700,000 among five former employees. A sixth did not get a payout."

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