Read, Watch, and Listen #7 -- Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Buena Vista, Colorado in August 2023. (Hugh Carey, The Colorado Sun)

This week: an all-Colorado edition! Thornton fights a battle for water it bought decades ago; Buena Vista ties water to new development and afforable housing; 2023’s wet start helped clear the Colorado skies; Denver International Airport closes a chapter on oil and gas; and why Colorado is becoming a hotbed of renewables.

  1. A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/09/05/climate/colorado-water-climate-change.html

  2. How do Colorado towns grow when they have limited water for new homes? Ask Buena Vista.

    https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/12/buena-vista-development-housing-water-limits/

  3. Wet, cooler start to summer helped reduce air pollution across Colorado’s Front Range

    https://www.denverpost.com/2023/09/12/colorado-front-range-2023-ozone-season-review/

  4. DIA caps all oil and gas wells on airport property

    https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/30/denver-international-airport-caps-oil-gas-wells/

  5. What’s driving sudden flare of solar energy and storage in Colorado?

    https://coloradosun.com/2023/07/21/colorado-renewable-energy-surge-project-growth/

Joseph Gaines