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Rosemarie Russo was questioned and then lost her job after sending frank anti-pollution appeals from residents to Suncor鈥檚 Canada headquarters.

The University of Colorado Boulder wants to spend $43 million to rebuild a heating, cooling, and electrical plant. However, some campus leaders say their input on the project hasn't been heard. Colorado Sun reporter Michael Booth reports that staff are saying more can be done to solve CU's pollution problems and embrace green technology.

Researchers from Colorado State University are calculating emissions for the first time and showing their location in the state. Colorado Sun reporter Shannon Mullane said their goal is to help farmers figure out how to move water more efficiently.

State air regulators will be taking a closer look this year at methane emissions from Colorado's oil and gas industry. Methane intensity is being measured in nine counties on the Front Range, including Weld, Boulder, and Larimer. Officials say the measurements will help the state meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. The Colorado Sun Editor Lance Benzel joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to get more on the state's efforts.

The Greeley-based meatpacking giant JBS is being challenged by a national truth-in-advertising group over its greenhouse gas emissions reduction statements. Essentially, the company is being accused of 鈥済reenwashing鈥� its operations by touting an ambitious climate goal that it has no viable plan to achieve.

A Colorado professor is studying how plants grow under solar panels on rooftops. The research highlights the growing green roof movement 鈥� and the challenges cities face in mandating rooftop green space.

Environmentalists say that some of the largest methane polluters in the state are benefiting from a sleight of hand built into a deeply flawed emissions reporting system. They say those large-scale polluters might not be who you expect, pointing to a little-known natural gas producer called Terra Energy Partners. According to federal greenhouse gas emissions data, this small, privately owned company 鈥� headquartered in Texas, but operating exclusively on Colorado鈥檚 Western Slope - was the fourth largest source of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry in the entire United States in 2019.

In Colorado, multiple efforts are underway to find and fix methane leaks, which could make a big difference when it comes to fighting climate change.

Colorado lawmakers passed a series of bills this year addressing how buildings contribute to the state's overall greenhouse gas emissions. One piece of that legislation, sponsored by Democratic state Senate majority leader Steve Fenberg, is meant to encourage Coloradans to ditch their fuel-burning furnaces and water heaters in favor of electric heat pumps.

Energy demand plummeted because of the pandemic shutdown. A big question is whether new habits like telecommuting and flying less will endure, and mean lower oil consumption in the future.