Marshall Fire recovery 3 years on: Two-thirds of homes rebuilt — far above...
Three years after the Marshall Fire destroyed 1,105 homes in Boulder County, about two-thirds have been rebuilt — far outpacing the national average of 25% rebuilt within five years of a wildfire. Yet,...
View ArticleLouisville mandates wildfire-proofing for new homes as Boulder considers...
Three years after the Marshall Fire left Boulder County in shock — destroying more than a thousand homes and upending the lives of thousands of residents — a new level of urgency is shaping the...
View ArticleIs Boulder ready for the next big wildfire? A conversation with Wildland Fire...
Boulder Fire-Rescue deployed four firefighters on Jan. 10 to Southern California as part of nine strike teams from Colorado sent to help battle the fires raging near Los Angeles. Boulder’s team has...
View Article‘It’s such a loss’: Boulder monitoring program tracking air and climate...
Boulder County commissioners have cut funding for an air monitoring program at Boulder Reservoir, ending a longstanding data record used to track local air pollution and climate trends, analyze health...
View ArticleBoulder’s KC Becker departs EPA as Trump upends environmental priorities
KC Becker, a Boulder resident and former Colorado House speaker, resigned from her position as the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 8 administrator on Jan. 20, the day President Donald Trump...
View ArticleBoulder fire officer on LA wildfire devastation: ‘Everything we historically...
On Jan. 12, Seth McKinney, fire management officer for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, arrived in Palisades, California, with dozens of other Colorado firefighters. The landscape was burning....
View ArticleAs wildfire risks grow, Boulder home insurance costs keep rising. Can the...
Homeowners in Boulder are seeing their home insurance premiums soar — or coverage disappear entirely — as climate risks escalate. The rising costs are forcing some to reconsider whether they can afford...
View ArticleGrassroots movement drives Boulder’s first-ever People’s Climate Justice Plan
Michelle Gabrieloff-Parish and Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish stood in the center of a circle, inviting community members to share their visions for a just and sustainable future. The discussion, part of 5 to...
View ArticleBoulder opposes statewide bill to speed up rooftop solar permits
The City of Boulder is opposing a Colorado bill that would require cities to adopt an automated online platform for approving residential solar and battery permits, arguing it could override local...
View ArticleBoulder built its own climate models. Here’s what they say about the next 25...
As Boulder braces for a hotter, drier future, new climate models tailored specifically to the city are providing a clearer picture of the risks ahead. By 2030, Boulder could see almost 30 days above 95...
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