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Keystone Resort in Colorado was the first resort in the country to open in 2025, in part due to their emphasis on early-season snowmaking. As climate change amplifies drought in the Mountain West, ski areas across the region are considering how best to use increasingly scarce water resources.

Curbing methane emissions could be the "parachute" needed to slow global warming, said Jacquelyn Francis, founder of Climate Curve. The new prize will be awarded to projects that mitigate emissions of the potent greenhouse gas from agriculture and waste systems.

Across the U.S., women are having fewer babies. In the first of a three-part series about falling birth rates, Evelyn Perry talks about her decision not to have kids.

The Trump administration plans to roll back a Biden-era rule that discouraged companies from abandoning wells. Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship found that it could cost taxpayers $750 billion.

A 2023 Supreme Court ruling, along with new interpretations from the Trump administration, have limited protections for rivers and wetlands. Colorado is looking to fill in that gap with its own regulatory program.

Saturday, Nov. 29, is Small Business Saturday. The event encourages shoppers to do their holiday buying at small businesses rather than big-box stores. Small businesses say they're especially vulnerable this year as rising costs, particularly from tariffs, take a toll.

Warmer temperatures in November meant that less snowpack accumulated. But storms did increase soil moisture in the Upper Colorado River Basin, making future precipitation more likely to run off slopesides and boost rivers and streams.

For a family in Silt, the loss of SNAP amid the government shutdown came at the worst possible time.

Todd Bandhauer designed a powerful electric heat pump that can replace gas-powered boilers used to make steam. More than a fifth of the world's energy is spent producing industrial heat, much of that in the form of steam.

Book Swap events are growing in popularity in communities across Colorado's Front Range and in other parts of the country. They're a way for readers to pass along gently used books to new homes, and pick up something fresh to read themselves. They're also helping people make connections.