Environment - The Durango Herald

Colorado launches a $450 e-bike rebate for everyone. So why aren’t many bike shops participating?

Program requires retailers to float costs of discounts for up to a year

DATE: Mar 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Fort Lewis College receives grant from EPA for water testing solutions

Program seeks to lower cost and time it takes to test for bacteria in samples

DATE: Mar 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Last coal-fired engine departs Durango train station, marking end of an era

Saturday was bittersweet for crews who sent No. 481 on its final ride before it’s converted for oil use

DATE: Mar 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

How to get solar power for your Colorado home – even if your own roof won’t work

If your own roof won’t work or you live in an apartment, you can try a community option instead, experts say

DATE: Mar 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Escalante Middle School students educate community on anti-idling

Durango School District implements new environmentally friendly policies

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango native named new executive director of 4CORE

Jenny Hill says her primary goal is to build organization’s workforce

DATE: Mar 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Climate change is erasing decades of air quality improvements. It’s also making Colorado’s air worse

Climate change is fueling environmental conditions that are worsening air quality across Colorado and other Western states, new data shows. The data, recently released by the nonprofit First...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango Police Department going green with hybrid trucks

Agency orders 14 vehicles in move toward a more environmentally friendly operation

DATE: Feb 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone

Summer “pause” for oil and gas drilling, caps on driving miles, bigger fines for repeat offenders like Suncor are in the mix pushed by some Democrats and environmental justice advocates

DATE: Feb 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango to launch turf grass replacement program encouraging water conservation

Colorado water board grants and Visit Durango to contribute to free landscaping consultations, rebates

DATE: Feb 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bipartisan conservation poll shows increasing concern over environmental issues in Western States

An annual bipartisan survey on conservation in Western states found an increase in voter concerns over climate issues from land and water use to wildlife populations and wildfires. The 14th ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News