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Colorado monsoons are a mixed blessing: Floods and wildfire relief

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Multiple large wildfires continue burning in Colorado. Big, seasonal "monsoon" rains are helping, but it's been so dry for so long that they're having less impact than in previous years.
Colorado wildfires leave vast trail of destruction

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Fast-growing Colorado wildfires have destroyed hundreds of structures and forced evacuations of entire towns.
Researchers say snow levels are at a record low in the Rocky Mountains

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Surveyors say they've never seen so little snow at their annual spring measurements in the Rocky Mountains.
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The owners want to close this Colorado coal plant. The Trump administration says no

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The Trump administration has ordered several coal plants to keep operating past their planned retirement, part of a larger effort to boost the coal industry. Two Colorado utilities are pushing back.
Denver bison herd helps Indigenous residents connect with their heritage

Sam Brasch

Since 1914, Denver, Colorado, has maintained a small bison herd in a park outside the city. In recent years, an Indigenous group has slaughtered one annually to feed urban Native people.
Electric vehicle sales increase as federal tax credits for them come to an end

Sam Brasch

Federal discounts for electric vehicles expire at the end of the month. The deadline has led to a spike in EV sales and whiplash for auto dealers.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright argues climate change isn't a crisis

Sam Brasch

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is a former oil and gas executive who argues climate change isn't a crisis. Now he runs an agency that's responsible for developing alternative energy sources.