Environment

CORE, or Community Office for Resource Efficiency, is a 501c3 dedicated to reducing carbon emissions and advancing climate solutions across the Roaring Fork Valley. CORE's Sadie Kenyon-Dean joined Mike Lemmer to share more about the mission.

For a lot of farmers in Colorado, and across the country, insecticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, have been a game changer. But what’s been a breakthrough for some has been a nightmare for others. Neonics are being blamed for die-offs in domestic bees and native pollinators, and there’s growing concern over their potential impacts on human health as well. This year, some Democratic lawmakers proposed a bold step to reduce the chemicals’ use in Colorado; they wanted farmers to get something like a prescription to be allowed to use neonic-treated seeds.CPR’s Bente Birkeland and Rae Solomon discuss what those lawmakers tried to do, and why they faced such fierce opposition from the get go.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

Backers of the embattled Uinta Basin Railway want a quick decision from a federal agency to get the project back on track. But opponents, like the Center for Biological Diversity, are making sure the railway does not get a free pass.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.

2026 is already shaping up to be a busy year for Colorado and the United States at large. From the AG's lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr to protect trans healthcare, to Colorado's first mountain lion fatality since the 90s, here's everything you missed in January.

The City of Rifle 2025 Energy and Resilience Action Plan was recently completed. KDNK’s Mike Lemmer spoke to CLEER’s Clean Energy Program Associate Christina Matzl about the plan.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley ... and beyond.