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A lot of Coloradans love the idea of recycling. But our recycling habits are in the dumps. Perhaps our trashy rates have something to do with the act of recycling. It seems like the rules are often changing — and let’s not forget that recycling is expensive, both for residents and municipalities. We sort through the noise with a recycling guru.

Agreeing with four of six items in a complaint filed by a local resident, the Wellington Board of Trustees reversed the town planning commission's approval of the site plan for a Connell Resources asphalt plant last week.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is spending nearly $1.7 billion to modernize and electrify bus systems across the country. Grants were awarded to communities in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Montana.

Wellington's planning commission voted Monday to approve the construction of a new asphalt plant in town during a heated public meeting. Many residents have been showing up to the commission's recent meetings to protest the plant.

Do asphalt plants "produce or curate" toxic chemicals? That question is at the heart of a public meetings showdown in Wellington over a hot-mix asphalt plant Connell Resources plans to bring to the area.

The American Lung Association’s new State of the Air report includes a number of Western cities among those most impacted by ozone, short-term, and year-round particle pollution. They include Salt Lake City, Boise, Albuquerque and a number of front range cities in Colorado.

The Interior Department has announced new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to clean up polluted areas and conserve ecosystems. Nearly $10 million will go towards 17 projects, including several in the Mountain West.

A new analysis of air pollution across the country reveals a wide range throughout the Mountain West.

As the focus on the electron microscope resolved, Richard Reynolds found himself feeling more resigned than surprised. The slide before him was a snowpack sample collected from pristine Colorado high country.

Janet Yellen is President Joe Biden's pick to be treasury secretary. And she's been a big proponent of a carbon tax .