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In the Centennial State, Conservation Colorado leads the charge for 30 by 30. Conservation Colorado and other philosophically aligned ecologists, like Western Resource Advocates, want to add 14 million acres to Colorado’s permanent protections by 2030. That’s a 233% increase in acreage over a few years from the current 6 million.

Colorado is the eighth largest state by area. It has considerable natural resources and historic outdoor recreation. Conservation has always been part of its commonwealth. But new environmentalism, like the type seen in the 30 by 30 plan, is of a different “nature” than traditional land management.

Between 2019 and 2020, crime rose almost 9 percent in Colorado, according to newly released FBI statistics. That's the fifth-highest increase in the crime rate in the country.

In September 2021, Donala Water and Sanitation District, which serves the area between southern Monument and Gleneagle, informed its customers that their drinking water had high levels of radium and might want to switch to an alternative drinking supply. Donala gets its water from the Denver Basin.

Car theft is spiking in Colorado. Statistics and information from law enforcement, government, researchers, and all levels of media confirm this as shown below. The surge in stolen vehicles is more than simple property crime.

In April of this year, Mountain Metropolitan Transit of Colorado Springs added four fully electric buses to its fleet. Debuted on Earth Day, they signal the Transit Service's policy in their part of the infrastructure.

According to recently released findings from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), the number of middle and high school students using tobacco products has exploded over the past few years — approximately one in 10 U.S. middle and high school students used a tobacco product during the past 30 days.

XCel energy’s Pueblo County coal-fired Comanche Generating Station is slated to close in 2031. Environmentalist groups and state utility officials successfully shortened the deadline for closure several times.

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts wants to create a long-term strategy for water rights in his state, and that plan has raised a few eyebrows in neighboring Colorado.

Imagine getting into your vehicle, which has been in the office parking lot all day, after a hard day’s work to suddenly notice a loud, rattling noise once you start their engine. When you press on the accelerator, the noise gets louder, and it is obvious the sound is coming from underneath the car.